Autophagy in normal hematopoiesis and leukemia: Biological and therapeutic implications

All together the studies in this thesis show that autophagy is an essential survival mechanism for both normal hematopoietic and AML cells and MDS erythroblasts. Altered expression of autophagy-associated genes might have consequences for drug resistance. Therefore, these findings suggest that inhibition of autophagy might be a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AML