The autophagic network and cancer

MD Rybstein, JM Bravo-San Pedro, G Kroemer… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Mammalian cells harness autophagy to eliminate physiological byproducts of metabolism
and cope with microenvironmental perturbations. Moreover, autophagy connects cellular …

Autophagy pathways in autoimmune diseases

CW Keller, IE Adamopoulos, JD Lünemann - Journal of autoimmunity, 2023 - Elsevier
Autophagy comprises a growing range of cellular pathways, which occupy central roles in
response to energy deprivation, organelle turnover and proteostasis. Over the years …

Emerging role of autophagy in anti-tumor immunity: Implications for the modulation of immunotherapy resistance

T Jiang, X Chen, X Ren, JM Yang, Y Cheng - Drug resistance updates, 2021 - Elsevier
Immunotherapies such as CAR-T cell transfer and antibody-targeted therapy have produced
promising clinical outcomes in patients with advanced and metastatic cancer that are …

PU. 1/microRNA-142-3p targets ATG5/ATG16L1 to inactivate autophagy and sensitize hepatocellular carcinoma cells to sorafenib

K Zhang, J Chen, H Zhou, Y Chen, Y Zhi, B Zhang… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Sorafenib is currently the only systemic agent approved for treatment of advanced
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, intrinsic and acquired resistance to sorafenib …

Canonical and non-canonical functions of the autophagy machinery in MHC restricted antigen presentation

C Münz - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Macroautophagy delivers cytoplasmic constituents for lysosomal degradation. Since major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules sample peptides after lysosomal …

Mapping autophagosome contents identifies interleukin-7 receptor-α as a key cargo modulating CD4+ T cell proliferation

D Zhou, M Borsa, DJ Puleston, S Zellner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
CD4+ T cells are pivotal cells playing roles in the orchestration of humoral and cytotoxic
immune responses. It is known that CD4+ T cell proliferation relies on autophagy, but …

Harnessing the power of invariant natural killer T cells in cancer immunotherapy

M Bedard, M Salio, V Cerundolo - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a distinct subset of innate-like lymphocytes bearing
an invariant T-cell receptor, through which they recognize lipid antigens presented by …

Mechanisms of autophagy and relevant small-molecule compounds for targeted cancer therapy

J Zhang, G Wang, Y Zhou, Y Chen, L Ouyang… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved, multi-step lysosomal degradation process for the
clearance of damaged or superfluous proteins and organelles. Accumulating studies have …

The macroautophagy machinery in MHC restricted antigen presentation

C Münz - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy-related (ATG) gene products regulate macroautophagy, LC3-associated
phagocytosis (LAP) and LC3-dependent extracellular vesicle loading and secretion …

Exploiting autophagy balance in T and NK cells as a new strategy to implement adoptive cell therapies

M Giansanti, T Theinert, SK Boeing, D Haas… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Autophagy is an essential cellular homeostasis pathway initiated by multiple stimuli ranging
from nutrient deprivation to viral infection, playing a key role in human health and disease. At …