Autophagy as a self-digestion signal in human cancers: Regulation by microRNAs in affecting carcinogenesis and therapy response

• Main Authors: Mustafa M. Kadhim (Author), Andrés Alexis Ramírez-Coronel (Author), Abduladheem Turki Jalil (Author), Hayder Abdullah Talib (Author), Jitendra Gupta (Author), Zanko Hassan Jawhar (Author), Marwan Mahmood Saleh (Author), Vijay Pandey (Author), Xi Zhang (Author), Haroon Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autophagy is defined as a "self-digestion" signal, and it is a cell death mechanism its primary function is degrading toxic agents and aged organelles to ensure homeostasis in cells. The basic leve ls of autophagy are found in cells, and when its levels exceed to standard threshold, cell d...