Functions of autophagy in normal and diseased liver

MJ Czaja, WX Ding, TM Donohue, SL Friedman… - Autophagy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Autophagy has emerged as a critical lysosomal pathway that maintains cell function and
survival through the degradation of cellular components such as organelles and proteins …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress: its role in disease and novel prospects for therapy

AH Schönthal - Scientifica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a multifunctional organelle required for lipid biosynthesis,
calcium storage, and protein folding and processing. A number of physiological and …

Autophagy variation within a cell population determines cell fate through selective degradation of Fap-1

JM Gump, L Staskiewicz, MJ Morgan, A Bamberg… - Nature cell …, 2014 - nature.com
Autophagy regulates cell death both positively and negatively, but the molecular basis for
this paradox remains inadequately characterized. We demonstrate here that transient cell-to …

Apoptosis and autophagy modulating dietary phytochemicals in cancer therapeutics: Current evidences and future perspectives

S Patra, B Pradhan, R Nayak, C Behera… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global incidence of cancer and cancer‐related mortality is expected to rise in recent
years despite advancements in cancer diagnosis and therapeutics. Increasing evidences of …

A novel image-based cytometry method for autophagy detection in living cells

LLY Chan, D Shen, AR Wilkinson, W Patton, N Lai… - Autophagy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Autophagy is an important cellular catabolic process that plays a variety of important roles,
including maintenance of the amino acid pool during starvation, recycling of damaged …

Autophagy: more than a nonselective pathway

F Reggiori, M Komatsu, K Finley… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a catabolic pathway conserved among eukaryotes that allows cells to rapidly
eliminate large unwanted structures such as aberrant protein aggregates, superfluous or …

Phytochemicals as potent modulators of autophagy for cancer therapy

MA Moosavi, A Haghi, M Rahmati, H Taniguchi… - Cancer Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
The dysregulation of autophagy is involved in the pathogenesis of a broad range of
diseases, and accordingly universal research efforts have focused on exploring novel …

Atg7 suppression enhances chemotherapeutic agent sensitivity and overcomes stroma-mediated chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia

S Piya, SM Kornblau, VR Ruvolo, H Mu… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Autophagy is a cellular adaptive mechanism to stress, including that induced by
chemotherapeutic agents. Reverse phase protein array suggested that high expression of …

Autophagy: A challengeable paradox in cancer treatment

F Ahmadi‐Dehlaghi, P Mohammadi… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Autophagy is an intracellular degradation pathway conserved in all eukaryotes
from yeast to humans. This process plays a quality‐control role by destroying harmful …

Repurposing quinacrine for treatment-refractory cancer

DB Oien, CL Pathoulas, U Ray, P Thirusangu… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinacrine, also known as mepacrine, has originally been used as an antimalarial drug for
close to a century, but was recently rediscovered as an anticancer agent. The mechanisms …