Autophagy facilitates the development of breast cancer resistance to the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab.

Autophagy has been emerging as a novel cytoprotective mechanism to increase tumor cell survival under conditions of metabolic stress and hypoxia as well as to escape chemotherapy-induced cell death. To elucidate whether autophagy might also protect cancer cells from the growth inhibitory effects of...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Vazquez-Martin, Cristina Oliveras-Ferraros, Javier A Menendez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2708925?pdf=render