The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
A mitophagy pathway that deviates from what its normal course should be. Mitochondrial damage and altered mitophagy pathway have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases associated with aging, such as Parkinson, Huntington and Alzheimer diseases.