Nanomaterials and Autophagy: New Insights in Cancer Treatment

Autophagy represents a cell’s response to stress. It is an evolutionarily conserved process with diversified roles. Indeed, it controls intracellular homeostasis by degradation and/or recycling intracellular metabolic material, supplies energy, provides nutrients, eliminates cytotoxic materials and...

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Main Authors: Luciana Dini, Elisabetta Carata, Bernardetta Anna Tenuzzo, Elisa Panzarini, Valentina Inguscio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-03-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/5/1/296