Autophagy in blood cancers: Biological role and therapeutic implications

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1335-1343

  Nencioni, Alessio ^a   Cea, Michele ^a,b   Montecucco, Fabrizio ^a,c   Longo, Valter D ^d   Patrone, Franco ^a   Carella, Angelo M ^e   Holyoake, Tessa L ^f   Vignir Helgason, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; AZITHROMYCIN; BAFILOMYCIN A1; BORTEZOMIB; CHLOROQUINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLECALCIFEROL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPORINAD; DASATINIB; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMATINIB; LAPATINIB; MELPHALAN; NILOTINIB; OBATOCLAX; PERIFOSINE; RESVERATROL; RETINOIC ACID; SORAFENIB; VORINOSTAT; WORTMANNIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKEMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883629323     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.079061     Document Type: Review

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