Autophagy and autophagy-related pathways in cancer

J Debnath, N Gammoh, KM Ryan - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Maintenance of protein homeostasis and organelle integrity and function is critical for
cellular homeostasis and cell viability. Autophagy is the principal mechanism that mediates …

Intermittent fasting in the prevention and treatment of cancer

KK Clifton, CX Ma, L Fontana… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic caloric restriction (CR) has powerful anticarcinogenic actions in both preclinical and
clinical studies but may be difficult to sustain. As an alternative to CR, there has been …

Autophagy and tumor metabolism

AC Kimmelman, E White - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Autophagy is a critical cellular process that generally protects cells and organisms from
stressors such as nutrient deprivation. In addition to its role in normal physiology, autophagy …

Autophagy promotes the survival of dormant breast cancer cells and metastatic tumour recurrence

L Vera-Ramirez, SK Vodnala, R Nini, KW Hunter… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer recurrence after initial diagnosis and treatment is a major cause of breast cancer
(BC) mortality, which results from the metastatic outbreak of dormant tumour cells …

Targeting autophagy in obesity: from pathophysiology to management

Y Zhang, JR Sowers, J Ren - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
Obesity poses a severe threat to human health, including the increased prevalence of
hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, cancer, inflammation, sleep apnoea and …

Bcl-2 antiapoptotic family proteins and chemoresistance in cancer

S Maji, S Panda, SK Samal, O Shriwas, R Rath… - Advances in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is a daunting global problem confronting the world's population. The most frequent
therapeutic approaches include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and more recently …

Inflammatory signaling cascades and autophagy in cancer

T Monkkonen, J Debnath - Autophagy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Tumor-associated inflammation is predictive of poor prognosis and drives a variety of
tumorigenic phenotypes, including tumor proliferation and survival, angiogenesis …

Autophagy and innate immunity: Insights from invertebrate model organisms

CJ Kuo, M Hansen, E Troemel - Autophagy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a fundamental intracellular degradation process with multiple
roles in immunity, including direct elimination of intracellular microorganisms via …

ATG8 expansion: a driver of selective autophagy diversification?

R Kellner, JC De la Concepcion, A Maqbool… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
Selective autophagy is a conserved homeostatic pathway that involves engulfment of
specific cargo molecules into specialized organelles called autophagosomes. The ubiquitin …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer stem cells in drug discovery: Current state and future perspectives

FY Du, QF Zhou, WJ Sun, GL Chen - World journal of stem cells, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent decades, cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been increasingly identified in many
malignancies. CSC-related signaling pathways and their functions provide new strategies …