“…However, in the later stages of tumor development, the absence of autophagy may result in the accumulation of mitochondrial defects, ultimately suppressing tumor growth ( Strohecker et al, 2013 ). Various genes and signaling pathways, such as PARP1-mediated AMPK-mTOR, RPL11, COTE-1, PINK1, PEDF, and MALAT1, have been identified to play critical roles in regulating autophagy and influencing lung cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion ( Ma et al, 2018 ; Lu et al, 2020 ; Miao et al, 2022 ; Chen et al, 2023 ; Ma et al, 2023 ; Zhang et al, 2023 ). Additionally, certain compounds, such as the metal, Cd, schizandrin A, pinocembrin, adenine aldehyde, and inhibitors of basal autophagy, have been found to induce autophagy in lung cancer cells, affecting proliferation and migration ( Kaminskyy et al, 2012 ; Wang et al, 2020 ; Gong, 2021 ; Zhu et al, 2021 ; Ghemrawi et al, 2023 ).…”