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Autophagy, cell death, and cancer
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Lin L
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Mol Cell Oncol
2015[Jul]; 2
(3
): e985913
PMID27308466
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved intracellular catabolic process that is
used by all cells to degrade dysfunctional or unnecessary cytoplasmic components
through delivery to the lysosome. Increasing evidence reveals that autophagic
dysfunction is associated with human diseases, such as cancer. Paradoxically,
although autophagy is well recognized as a cell survival process that promotes
tumor development, it can also participate in a caspase-independent form of
programmed cell death. Induction of autophagic cell death by some anticancer
agents highlights the potential of this process as a cancer treatment modality.
Here, we review our current understanding of the molecular mechanism of autophagy
and the potential roles of autophagy in cell death, cancer development, and
cancer treatment.