ATG10 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: In addition, a potentially functional variant of the autophagy-related gene ATG10 appeared to be associated with a worse radiotherapy efficacy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma [32]; conversely, treatment with tetrandrine was found to sensitize nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells to irradiation by inducing autophagy through inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway [33].