Autophagy: New Insights into Its Roles in Cancer Progression and Drug Resistance

Autophagy is a mechanism of lysosomal proteolysis that is utilized to degrade damaged organelles, proteins, and other cellular components. Although key studies demonstrate that autophagy functions as a mechanism of tumor suppression via the degradation of defective pre-malignant cells, autophagy can...

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Main Authors: Steffan T. Nawrocki, Wei Wang, Jennifer S. Carew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/10/3005