Unraveling the roles of Atg4 proteases from autophagy modulation to targeted cancer therapy

Cancer Letters

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-26

  Zhang, Lan ^a   Li, Jingjing ^a   Ouyang, Liang ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Cheng, Yan ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atg4 protease; Atg8 LC3; Autophagy; Targeted cancer therapy

Indexed keywords

ATG4 PROTEASE; ATG4A PROTEASE; ATG4B PROTEASE; ATG4C PROTEASE; ATG4D PROTEASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN GABARAP1; PROTEIN GABARAP2; PROTEIN LC3A; PROTEIN LC3B; PROTEIN LC3C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATG4A PROTEIN, HUMAN; ATG4B PROTEIN, HUMAN; ATG4D PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOPHAGY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84958043672     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.01.022     Document Type: Review

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