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ReviewCancer letters2024

Autophagy and cancer therapy.

Julio M Pimentel, Jun Ying Zhou, Gen Sheng Wu

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Review in Cancer letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Autophagy in Melanoma: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Programmed cell death in osteoarthritis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  11. Therapeutic potential of natural triterpenoids in liver cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Julio M PimentelDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA; Institutional Research Academic Career Development Award Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Jun Ying ZhouMolecular Therapeutics Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
Gen Sheng WuMolecular Therapeutics Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Electronic address: Ah2761@wayne.edu.

Funding

Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (Program 1)P30CA022453 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PAUL M STEMMER · 1985 to 2026
$68.4M
UCSD/SDSU IRACDAK12GM068524 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TREJO, JOANN · 2003 to 2025
$24.4M
Targeting Atg5 in platinum-resistant ovarian cancerR21CA249376 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WU, GEN SHENG · 2021 to 2022
$392k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA022453NCI NIH HHS R21 CA249376NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM068524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process that sequesters cytoplasmic components in double-membrane vesicles known as autophagosomes, which are degraded upon fusion with lysosomes. This pathway maintains the integrity of proteins and organelles while providing energy and nutrients to cells, particularly under nutrient deprivation. Deregulation of autophagy can cause genomic instability, low protein quality, and DNA damage, all of which can contribute to cancer. Autophagy can also be overactivated in cancer cells to aid in cancer cell survival and drug resistance. Emerging evidence indicates that autophagy has functions beyond cargo degradation, including roles in tumor immunity and cancer stem cell survival. Additionally, autophagy can also influence the tumor microenvironment. This feature warrants further investigation of the role of autophagy in cancer, in which autophagy manipulation can improve cancer therapies, including cancer immunotherapy. This review discusses recent findings on the regulation of autophagy and its role in cancer therapy and drug resistance.

Indexed as

AutophagyDrug Resistance, NeoplasmNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansImmunotherapyNeoplastic Stem CellsAntineoplastic AgentsAutophagyCancerResistanceTherapy

Identifiers

PMID39395780
PMCPMC11665950

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