Autophagy Function and Dysfunction: Potential Drugs as Anti-Cancer Therapy
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic and energy-generating process that facilitates the degradation of damaged organelles or intracellular components, providing cells with components for the synthesis of new ones. Autophagy acts as a quality control system, and has a pro-survival role. The imba...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-09-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/11/10/1465 |