Journal
CANCER
Volume 124, Issue 16, Pages 3307-3318Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31335
Keywords
Autophagy; chemotherapy; hydroxychloroquine (HCQ); immunotherapy
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- NIH [R01CA169134]
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Autophagy is a conserved, self-degradation system that is critical for maintaining cellular homeostasis during stress conditions. Dysregulated autophagy has implications in health and disease. Specifically, in cancer, autophagy plays a dichotomous role by inhibiting tumor initiation but supporting tumor progression. Early results from clinical trials that repurposed hydroxychloroquine for cancer have suggested that autophagy inhibition may be a promising approach for advanced cancers. In this review of the literature, the authors present fundamental advances in the biology of autophagy, approaches to targeting autophagy, the preclinical rationale and clinical experience with hydroxychloroquine in cancer clinical trials, the potential role of autophagy in tumor immunity, and recent developments in next-generation autophagy inhibitors that have clinical potential. Autophagy is a promising target for drug development in cancer. (C) 2018 American Cancer Society.
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