Autophagy function and dysfunction: potential drugs as anti-cancer therapy

F Cuomo, L Altucci, G Cobellis - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic and energy-generating process that facilitates the
degradation of damaged organelles or intracellular components, providing cells with …

Autophagy as a molecular target for cancer treatment

NM Kocaturk, Y Akkoc, C Kig, O Bayraktar… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic mechanism, by which eukaryotic cells
recycle or degrades internal constituents through membrane-trafficking pathway. Thus …

Autophagy in cancer: recent advances and future directions

M Ishaq, R Ojha, AP Sharma, SK Singh - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Autophagy is being explored as a potential therapeutic target for enhancing the cytotoxic
effects of chemotherapeutic regimens in various malignancies. Autophagy plays a very …

Autophagy modulation in cancer: current knowledge on action and therapy

M Marinković, M Šprung, M Buljubašić… - … medicine and cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the last two decades, accumulating evidence pointed to the importance of autophagy in
various human diseases. As an essential evolutionary catabolic process of cytoplasmatic …

Autophagy and hallmarks of cancer

T Huang, X Song, Y Yang, X Wan… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2018 - dl.begellhouse.com
Autophagy is a catabolic program that is responsible for the degradation of dysfunctional or
unnecessary proteins and organelles to maintain cellular homeostasis. Mechanistically, it …

Autophagy and cancer: Basic mechanisms and inhibitor development

Y Hama, Y Ogasawara, NN Noda - Cancer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation system of cytoplasmic components that contributes to
cellular homeostasis through the turnover of various biomolecules and organelles, often in a …

Emerging strategies to effectively target autophagy in cancer

VW Rebecca, RK Amaravadi - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Autophagy serves a dichotomous role in cancer and recent advances have helped delineate
the appropriate settings where inhibiting or promoting autophagy may confer therapeutic …

Autophagy in cancer therapy—molecular mechanisms and current clinical advances

I Ganzleben, MF Neurath, C Becker - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Autophagy is the capability of cells to dismantle and recycle parts of
themselves. This process is closely intertwined with other crucial cell functions, such as …

Autophagy and cancer: Modulation of cell death pathways and cancer cell adaptations

CG Towers, D Wodetzki, A Thorburn - Journal of Cell Biology, 2019 - rupress.org
Autophagy is intricately linked with many intracellular signaling pathways, particularly
nutrient-sensing mechanisms and cell death signaling cascades. In cancer, the roles of …

The dynamic nature of autophagy in cancer

AC Kimmelman - Genes & development, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Macroautophagy (referred to hereafter as autophagy) is a highly regulated cellular process
that serves to remove damaged proteins and organelles from the cell. Autophagy contributes …