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Table 2 Recent studies on the pro-death role of autophagy in MDR cancer

From: Autophagy and multidrug resistance in cancer

Intervention for tumor treatment

Cell line

Method(s) to study autophagy

References

SAHA

Tamoxifen-resistant MCF-7

3-MA

[77]

Tanshinones

Apoptosis-resistant SW620

3-MA

[78]

Edelfosine lipid nanoparticles

Edelfosine-resistant leukemic K562

Starvation, staurosporine

[79]

GMI protein

Multidrug-resistant lung cancer cells

CQ

[80]

NVP-BEZ235

Cisplatin-resistant urothelial cancer cells

3-MA

[81]

Cisplatin

Cisplatin-resistant H460

3-MA, trifluoperazine

[82]

RAD001

Apoptotic deficient H460

3-MA, siRNAs (Atg5, Beclin1)

[83]

Isoliquiritigenin

Adriamycin-resistant MCF-7

3-MA, CQ

[84]

p53 plasmids

Multidrug-resistant SKVCR

3-MA

[85]

Hernandezine

Apoptosis-resistant cell lines

Atg7-knockout, 3-MA

[86]

HTCC-MNPs

Drug-resistant SGC7901

3-MA

[87]

Quinacrine

Chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells

Baf A1

[88]

  1. SAHA, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid; GMI, Ganoderma microsporum immunomodulatory; HTCC-MNPs, N-[(2-hydroxy-3-trimethylammonium)propyl] chitosan chloride/alginate-encapsulated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticle; 3-MA, 3-methyladenine; Baf A1, bafilomycin A1; siRNA, small interfering RNA; Atg, autophagy-related gene; CQ, chloroquine