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To prevent pathological accumulation of excess or aging secretory granules (SGs), \u03b2-cells use crinophagy, a selective lysosomal degradation pathway in which mature insulin-containing granules fuse directly with lysosomes to form hybrid organelles termed crinosomes. Crinophagy was historically considered a simple mechanism for discarding obsolete, aged SGs. The acidic, protease-rich environment of crinosomes is proposed to generate unconventional insulin-derived epitopes through cathepsin-mediated proteolysis and transpeptidation reactions. These cryptic epitopes, which include hybrid insulin peptides (HIPs) resulting from the covalent fusion of insulin fragments with peptides from co-resident granule proteins, are largely absent from the thymic epitope repertoire. This creates a \u201cperipheral\u2013thymic mismatch\u201d that allows autoreactive CD4+ T cells to escape central tolerance, ultimately driving \u03b2-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Recent studies demonstrate that pharmacological or genetic inhibition of crinophagy reduces crinosome abundance, narrows the pathogenic epitope repertoire, and delays the onset of diabetes in preclinical models. In type 2 diabetes (T2D), a related pathway termed stress-induced nascent granule degradation (SINGD) diverts newly synthesized insulin granules to lysosomes under glucolipotoxic conditions, contributing to insulin depletion and progressive \u03b2-cell failure. This review summarizes the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind crinophagy. It discusses its two main functions: maintaining physiological quality control and generating pathological antigens. 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