Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 366-375 , August 2009

Autophagy in tumour suppression and promotion

  • Andreas Brech

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Terje Ahlquist

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Ragnhild A. Lothe

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Harald Stenmark

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47 22934951; fax: +47 22508692.

Received 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 366-375 , August 2009

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