Autophagy in Anti-tumor Immunity
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 3133
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metabolomics; mass spectrometry; smoke and cancer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the discovery of this process in the middle part of the 20th century, autophagy has been shown to impact many physiological pathways and diseases. In the majority of cancers, autophagy plays a critical role in the tumor cells behavior, favoring cell survival, proliferation, migration and resistance to anti-tumor therapies. Over the time, it has become clear that the impact of autophagy is not restricted to malignant cells but can be expanded to the tumor microenvironment. Indeed, many reports described an important part for autophagy in the anti-tumor immune response, impacting immune cell survival, proliferation, differentiation as well as the expression and/or secretion of immune-related proteins.
In this special Issue of Cells, we invite contributors of original research articles, reviews, or shorter perspective paper on all aspects related to the theme of “autophagy and anti-tumor immunity”. Expert articles describing mechanistic, functional, cellular or general aspects of the role of autophagy in immune cells, immune response or in immunotherapy are highly welcome.
Dr. Nagireddy Putluri
Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Joubert
Guest Editors
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