Autophagy-related signaling pathways are involved in cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Caixia Chen
- Hui Gao
- Xiulan Su
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Affiliations: Clinical Medicine Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010050, P.R. China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Cancer Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010020, P.R. China - Published online on: May 3, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10142
- Article Number: 710
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Copyright: © Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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