The dynamic nature of autophagy in cancer

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1999-2010

  Kimmelman, Alec C ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cancer; Metabolism; Therapy; Tumor

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; BECLIN 1; CHLOROQUINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RAS PROTEIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AUTOPHAGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL METABOLISM; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053634368     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.17558811     Document Type: Review

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