Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

The multifaceted role of autophagy in cancer

RC Russell, KL Guan - The EMBO journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a cellular degradative pathway that plays diverse roles in maintaining cellular
homeostasis. Cellular stress caused by starvation, organelle damage, or proteotoxic …

Targeting autophagy in cancer

JMM Levy, CG Towers, A Thorburn - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
Autophagy is a mechanism by which cellular material is delivered to lysosomes for
degradation, leading to the basal turnover of cell components and providing energy and …

Metabolic functions of the tumor suppressor p53: Implications in normal physiology, metabolic disorders, and cancer

M Lacroix, R Riscal, G Arena, LK Linares… - Molecular metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The TP53 gene is one of the most commonly inactivated tumor suppressors in
human cancers. p53 functions during cancer progression have been linked to a variety of …

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 …

The role of NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy in ferroptosis

N Santana-Codina, A Gikandi, JD Mancias - Ferroptosis: Mechanism and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4) is a selective cargo receptor that mediates
the autophagic degradation of ferritin, the cytosolic iron storage complex, in a process …

Recent insights into the function of autophagy in cancer

R Amaravadi, AC Kimmelman, E White - Genes & development, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Macroautophagy (referred to here as autophagy) is induced by starvation to capture and
degrade intracellular proteins and organelles in lysosomes, which recycles intracellular …

Mitochondria and cancer

WX Zong, JD Rabinowitz, E White - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Decades ago, Otto Warburg observed that cancers ferment glucose in the presence of
oxygen, suggesting that defects in mitochondrial respiration may be the underlying cause of …

The role for autophagy in cancer

E White - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Autophagy is a survival-promoting pathway that captures, degrades, and recycles
intracellular proteins and organelles in lysosomes. Autophagy preserves organelle function …

Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

L Galluzzi, F Pietrocola, JM Bravo‐San Pedro… - The EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Autophagy plays a key role in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. In healthy cells,
such a homeostatic activity constitutes a robust barrier against malignant transformation …