Autophagy, cancer stem cells and drug resistance

AG Smith, KF Macleod - The Journal of pathology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a cellular survival mechanism that is induced by cancer therapy, among other
stresses, and frequently contributes to cancer cell survival during long periods of dormancy …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

T Chandrasekar, JC Yang, AC Gao… - … andrology and urology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite advances in prostate cancer diagnosis and management, morbidity from prostate
cancer remains high. Approximately 20% of men present with advanced or metastatic …

Autophagy inhibition by targeting PIKfyve potentiates response to immune checkpoint blockade in prostate cancer

Y Qiao, JE Choi, JC Tien, SA Simko, T Rajendiran… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (MTKIs) have thus far had limited success in the treatment of
castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Here, we report a phase I–cleared orally …

A role for cancer stem cells in therapy resistance: cellular and molecular mechanisms

M Cojoc, K Mäbert, MH Muders, A Dubrovska - Seminars in cancer biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Similar to normal tissue, many tumors have a hierarchical organization where tumorigenic
cancer stem cells (CSCs) differentiate into non-tumorigenic progenies. A host of studies …

Functions of autophagy in the tumor microenvironment and cancer metastasis

EE Mowers, MN Sharifi, KF Macleod - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Macro‐autophagy is an ancient and highly conserved self‐degradative process that plays a
homeostatic role in normal cells by eliminating organelles, pathogens, and protein …

2, 4-dienoyl-CoA reductase regulates lipid homeostasis in treatment-resistant prostate cancer

A Blomme, CA Ford, E Mui, R Patel, C Ntala… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the clinical success of Androgen Receptor (AR)-targeted therapies, reactivation of
AR signalling remains the main driver of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) …

Intracrine androgens and AKR1C3 activation confer resistance to enzalutamide in prostate cancer

C Liu, W Lou, Y Zhu, JC Yang, N Nadiminty… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
The introduction of enzalutamide and abiraterone has led to improvement in the treatment of
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, acquired resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of autophagy in resistance to targeted therapies

L Mele, V Del Vecchio, D Liccardo, C Prisco… - Cancer Treatment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a self-degradative cellular process, involved in stress response such as
starvation, hypoxia, and oxidative stress. This mechanism balances macro-molecule …

Mechanisms of enzalutamide resistance in castration‐resistant prostate cancer and therapeutic strategies to overcome it

Y Wang, J Chen, Z Wu, W Ding, S Gao… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy in men and androgen deprivation
therapy is the first‐line therapy. However, most cases will eventually develop castration …

Autophagy in health and disease: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic target

G Lu, Y Wang, Y Shi, Z Zhang, C Huang, W He… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionally conserved catabolic process in which
cytosolic contents, such as aggregated proteins, dysfunctional organelle, or invading …