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Saeid Shahrabi1, Mostafa Paridar2, Marzieh Zeinvand-Lorestani3
1Department of Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract:
Autophagy, the molecular machinery of self-eating, plays a dual role of a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor. This mechanism affects different clinical responses in cancer cells. Autophagy is targeted for treating patients resistant to chemotherapy or radiation. Limited reports investigate the significance of autophagy in cancer therapy, the regulation of hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells and leukemia formation. In the current review, the role of autophagy is discussed in various stages of hematopoiesis including quiescence, self-renewal, and differentiation.
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