Role of autophagy in cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 961-967

  Mathew, Robin ^a   Karantza Wadsworth, Vassiliki ^a,b   White, Eileen ^a,b,c,d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; BORTEZOMIB; CHLOROQUINE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; VORINOSTAT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC STRESS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOPREVENTION; DNA DAMAGE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS; STRESS;

EID: 36448943299     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2254     Document Type: Review

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