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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.10.4867

Autophagy in Cervical Cancer: An Emerging Therapeutic Target  

Pandey, Saumya (Krishna Medical Centre, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (King George's Medical College))
Chandravati, Chandravati (Krishna Medical Centre, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (King George's Medical College))
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.13, no.10, 2012 , pp. 4867-4871 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women worldwide. Although the human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the major causative agent of cervical cancer, yet the viral infection alone is not sufficient for cancer progression. The etiopathogenesis of cervical cancer is indeed complex; a precise understanding of the complex cellular/molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation, progression and/or prevention of the uterine cervix is therefore essential. Autophagy is emerging as an important biological mechanism in targeting human cancers, including cervical cancer. Furthermore, autophagy, a process of cytoplasm and cellular organelle degradation in lysosomes, has been implicated in homeostasis. Autophagic flux may vary depending on the cell/tissue type, thereby altering cell fate under stress conditions leading to cell survival and/or cell death. Autophagy may in turn govern tumor metastasis and subsequent carcinogenesis. Inflammation is a known hallmark of cancer. Vascular insufficiency in tumors, including cervical tissue, leads to depletion of glucose and/or oxygen perturbing the osmotic mileu causing extracellular acidosis in the tumor microenvironment that may eventually result in autophagy. Thus, targeted manipulation of complex autophagic signaling may prove to be an innovative strategy in identification of clinically relevant biomarkers in cervical cancer in the near future.
Keywords
Autophagy; cervical cancer; microtubule associated protein light chain 3; therapeutics;
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