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ReviewAmerican journal of cancer research2018

Targeting autophagy in chemotherapy-resistant of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jiyao Sheng, Hanjiao Qin, Kun Zhang, Bingjin Li, Xuewen Zhang

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Review in American journal of cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiyao ShengDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130041, Jilin, China.
Hanjiao QinDepartment of Radiotherapy, The Second Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130041, Jilin, China.
Kun ZhangJilin Provincial Key Laboratory on Molecular and Chemical Genetic, The Second Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130041, Jilin, China.
Bingjin LiJilin Provincial Key Laboratory on Molecular and Chemical Genetic, The Second Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130041, Jilin, China.
Xuewen ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130041, Jilin, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumor with poor prognosis. Surgical resection is recommended for very early-stage and early-stage HCC, but HCC is still prone to recurrence and metastasis after surgery. Furthermore, treatment options for intermediate- and advanced-stage HCC are relatively limited. Systemic therapy is the preferred method to kill residual cancer cells after surgery and prolong survival time of inoperable patients, but most cases are insensitive to chemotherapeutic agents, restricting widespread clinical application of systemic therapy. Many studies have found that various chemotherapeutic drugs for HCC treatment can increase autophagic flux of HCC cells, and it may be related with enhancing drug resistance and promoting cell survival. However, enhancement of autophagic flux may also induce tumor cell death in some cases, leading to marked inconsistency across studies. Here we reviewed the mechanisms underlying the increase in autophagic flux in HCC cells induced by chemotherapeutic drugs and examined the contributions of autophagy and related pathways to chemotherapy drug resistance. Our aim was to identify potential autophagy-related targets for improving the sensitivity of HCC to chemotherapeutic drugs.

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autophagycancerchemotherapy-resistantHepatocellular carcinom

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PMID29636994
PMCPMC5883089
OpenAlexW2981211573

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