Molecular machinery of autophagy and its implication in cancer

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Li, Yumin ^a   Zhang, Junqiang ^a   Chen, Xiaohui ^b   Liu, Tao ^a   He, Wenting ^a   Chen, Yingtai ^a   Zeng, Xiangting ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Provincial Peoples Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

ATG genes; Autophagy; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856687924     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31821f978d     Document Type: Review

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