The autophagic paradox in cancer therapy

Oncogene

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 939-953

  Wu, W K K ^a   Coffelt, S B ^b   Cho, C H ^a,c   Wang, X J ^a   Lee, C W ^a   Chan, F K L ^a   Yu, J ^a   Sung, J J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

autophagy; cell death; cell survival

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; CHLOROQUINE; IMATINIB; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857366779     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.295     Document Type: Review

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