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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 31;70(20):7882–7893. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-1604

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Rheostat model for the interplay of RB and E2F1 to regulate autophagy and apoptosis. Balanced RB and E2F1 activity ensures homeostasis in the cell. Strong stimuli may result in either excessive RB activity to induce autophagy or immoderate E2F1 function to cause apoptosis.