Advances in Cancer Research
- 1st Edition, Volume 101 - November 20, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: George F. Vande Woude, George Klein
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 1 9 7 - 6
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Request a sales quoteThe Advances in Cancer Research series provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents outstanding and original reviews on a variety of topics, including cancer cell migration and invasion, human tumor suppressors, FAK expression, adhesion proteins, homeobox genes in cancer development, glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis, histocompatibility antigens in tumors, NKT cells, chronic immune activation, and cancer cells and leukocytes.
Researchers and students in the basic and clinical science of cancer biology and oncology, plus related areas in genetics, immunology, pharmacology, cell biology and molecular biology.
Chapter 1
Contribution of AZAP Type Arf GAPs to Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion
Vi Luan Ha, Ruibai Luo, Zhongzhen Nie and Paul A. Randazzo
Chapter 2
Role and Regulation of Human Tumor Suppressor SUFU in Hedgehog Signaling
Steven Y. Cheng and Shen Yue
Chapter 3
FAK Expression: Regulation and Therapeutic Potential
Shufeng Li and Zi-Chun Hua
Chapter 4
Adhesion Proteins Meet Receptors: A Common Theme?
Véronique Orian-Rousseau and Helmut Ponta
Chapter 5
The Six Family of Homeobox Genes in Development and Cancer
Kimberly L. Christensen, Aaron N. Patrick, Erica L. McCoy and Heide L. Ford
Chapter 6
Mechanisms Regulating the Susceptibility of Hematopoietic Malignancies to Glucocorticoid-Induced Apoptosis
Ronit Vogt Sionov, Rachel Spokoini, Shlomit Kfir-Erenfeld, Orly Cohen and
Eitan Yefenof
Chapter 7
IFN Inducibility of Major Histocompatibility Antigens in Tumors
Barbara Seliger, Francisco Ruiz-Cabello and Federico Garrido
Chapter 8
The Role of NKT Cells in Tumor Immunity
Masaki Terabe and Jay A. Berzofsky
Chapter 9
HIV Induced AIDS and Related Cancers: Chronic Immune Activation and Future Therapeutic Strategies
Martin Cadogan and Angus G. Dalgleish
Chapter 10
The Cancer Cell-Leukocyte Fusion Theory of Metastasis
John M. Pawelek and Ashok K. Chakraborty
Contribution of AZAP Type Arf GAPs to Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion
Vi Luan Ha, Ruibai Luo, Zhongzhen Nie and Paul A. Randazzo
Chapter 2
Role and Regulation of Human Tumor Suppressor SUFU in Hedgehog Signaling
Steven Y. Cheng and Shen Yue
Chapter 3
FAK Expression: Regulation and Therapeutic Potential
Shufeng Li and Zi-Chun Hua
Chapter 4
Adhesion Proteins Meet Receptors: A Common Theme?
Véronique Orian-Rousseau and Helmut Ponta
Chapter 5
The Six Family of Homeobox Genes in Development and Cancer
Kimberly L. Christensen, Aaron N. Patrick, Erica L. McCoy and Heide L. Ford
Chapter 6
Mechanisms Regulating the Susceptibility of Hematopoietic Malignancies to Glucocorticoid-Induced Apoptosis
Ronit Vogt Sionov, Rachel Spokoini, Shlomit Kfir-Erenfeld, Orly Cohen and
Eitan Yefenof
Chapter 7
IFN Inducibility of Major Histocompatibility Antigens in Tumors
Barbara Seliger, Francisco Ruiz-Cabello and Federico Garrido
Chapter 8
The Role of NKT Cells in Tumor Immunity
Masaki Terabe and Jay A. Berzofsky
Chapter 9
HIV Induced AIDS and Related Cancers: Chronic Immune Activation and Future Therapeutic Strategies
Martin Cadogan and Angus G. Dalgleish
Chapter 10
The Cancer Cell-Leukocyte Fusion Theory of Metastasis
John M. Pawelek and Ashok K. Chakraborty
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 101
- Published: November 20, 2008
- No. of pages (eBook): 480
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080921976
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George F. Vande Woude
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Facility Frederick, Maryland
ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MarylandGK
George Klein
Affiliations and expertise
Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, SwedenRead Advances in Cancer Research on ScienceDirect