“…Basal autophagic activity exists in cells under physiological conditions, while the process turns more active induced by various stress events including CIRI and plays complex roles ( Wirawan et al, 2012 ). Some studies demonstrated that the activation of autophagy ameliorated CIRI ( Sun et al, 2020b ; Xu et al, 2020 ; Zhang B. et al, 2020 ; Chen et al, 2021 ; Jin et al, 2021 ; Yihao et al, 2021 ; Zha et al, 2021 ), while more research supported that the inhibition of autophagy activation exerted a neuroprotective effect in brain stroke ( Sun et al, 2020a ; Zhang et al, 2020b ; Li and Huang, 2020 ; Mei et al, 2020 ; Shi et al, 2020 ; Wang L. et al, 2020 ; Gu et al, 2021 ; Liu N. et al, 2021 ; Shao et al, 2021 ; Wang C. et al, 2021 ; Xu et al, 2021 ; Yao et al, 2021 ; Zhang et al, 2021 ; Zhao et al, 2021 ). Obviously, the controversial dual role of the induction of autophagy in the ischemic brain is still a hot topic in research and remains to be further investigated.…”