BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.35, no.3, pp.256-262, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Recently, cytotoxic effects of statins on breast cancer cells have been reported. However, the mechanism of anti-proliferative effects is currently unknown. Autophagy is non-apoptotic programmed cell death, which is characterized by degradation of cytoplasmic components and as having a role in cancer pathogenesis.