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Andrew Thorburn is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across related subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main scientific topics addressed in their work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, RNA modifications and cancer, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases.

Andrew Thorburn has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Blood
  • Developmental Cell
  • Cellular Signalling
  • Autophagy
  • International review of cell and molecular biology

Their recent papers reflect ongoing investigations into cellular processes related to autophagy and cell death. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Autophagy and organelle homeostasis in cancer," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "Mitochondrial-derived vesicles compensate for loss of LC3-mediated mitophagy," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "The interplay of autophagy and non-apoptotic cell death pathways," 2020, International review of cell and molecular biology
  • "Crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications," 2020, Progress in molecular biology and translational science
  • "Increased mTOR and suppressed autophagic flux in the heart of a hypomorphic Pkd1 mouse model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease," 2020, Cellular Signalling

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including Christina G. Towers, Guadalupe Rojas-Sánchez, Orlando Esparza, Giovanny Hernandez, and José A. López.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Targeting autophagy in cancer

    Jean M. Mulcahy Levy;Jean M. Mulcahy Levy;Christina G. Towers;Andrew Thorburn

  • Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Ravi K. Amaravadi

  • Death receptor-induced cell killing.

    Andrew Thorburn

  • Caspase 3-mediated stimulation of tumor cell repopulation during cancer radiotherapy

    Qian Huang;Fang-Fang Li;Xinjian Liu;Wenrong Li

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death

    Oliver Kepp;Laura Senovilla;Ilio Vitale;Erika Vacchelli

  • Apoptosis and autophagy: regulatory connections between two supposedly different processes

    Andrew Thorburn

  • Autophagy and apoptosis: what is the connection?

    Jacob M. Gump;Andrew Thorburn

  • Autophagy in cancer: good, bad, or both?

    Melanie M. Hippert;Patrick S. O'Toole;Andrew Thorburn

  • A comprehensive glossary of autophagy-related molecules and processes (2nd edition)

    Daniel J Klionsky;Eric H. Baehrecke;John H. Brumell;Charleen T. Chu

  • Methylation-dependent loss of RIP3 expression in cancer represses programmed necrosis in response to chemotherapeutics

    Gi Bang Koo;Michael J. Morgan;Da Gyum Lee;Woo Jung Kim

  • Chloroquine sensitizes breast cancer cells to chemotherapy independent of autophagy

    Paola Maycotte;Suraj Aryal;Christopher T. Cummings;Jacqueline Thorburn

  • Autophagy in cancer: moving from understanding mechanism to improving therapy responses in patients

    Jean M. Mulcahy Levy;Jean M. Mulcahy Levy;Andrew Thorburn

  • Autophagy and Cancer Therapy

    Paola Maycotte;Andrew Thorburn

  • Autophagy and metastasis: another double-edged sword

    Candia M Kenific;Andrew Thorburn;Jayanta Debnath

  • On the TRAIL to successful cancer therapy? Predicting and counteracting resistance against TRAIL-based therapeutics.

    Lina Y. Dimberg;Charles K. Anderson;Ross Camidge;Kian Behbakht

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur E. Frankel
Arthur E. Frankel Wake Forest University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Heide L. Ford
Heide L. Ford University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Kevin M. Ryan
Kevin M. Ryan University of Glasgow
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Jayanta Debnath
Jayanta Debnath University of California, San Francisco
Eric H. Baehrecke
Eric H. Baehrecke University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile

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