Title:Molecular Milieu of Autophagy in Cervical Cancer and its Therapeutic
Implications
Volume: 23
Issue: 11
关键词:
自噬,宫颈癌症,人乳头瘤病毒,抗细胞凋亡,抗癌治疗,信号通路。
摘要: Cervical cancer is a common death-causing cancer among women in developing countries.
Majority of the cases are triggered by persistent infections with high-risk Human Papillomavirus
(HPV16 and 18). Metastasis, disease relapse, and drug resistance are common among patients in advanced
stages of cancer despite the available therapies. Consequently, new prospective targets are
needed for this disease. Autophagy is professed to have implications in cervical cancer progression as
well as cancer dormancy. This article reviews the role of autophagy in cervical cancer progression and
the modulation of the autophagy pathway by HPV. Further, various therapeutic agents that target autophagy
in cervical cancer are discussed.