Signalling Molecules As Targets In Cancer Therapy

Author : Vittorio de Franciscis
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1600212433

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Signalling Molecules as Targets in Cancer Therapy by Vittorio de Franciscis Pdf

This book presents state-of-the-art information on the molecules of cell signalling pathways that represent actual or future targets for cancer therapy. By giving an update of the most promising approaches in this rapidly evolving field, the book contributes to the translation of the recent advances in the knowledge of intracellular signalling into the generation of innovative biomolecules as specific tools to target the most promising tumour-specific candidates. The book begins logically with the molecules first encountered along the signalling pathways, the membrane receptors for growth factors (Part I). Next, Part II presents several examples of intracellular molecular targets that are situated one step beyond in the pathways, while Part III addresses the difficult task of tuning the delicate balance between cell death and survival. In Part IV, the reader is taken into the practical problems raised by the therapy of specific cancers (glioma, childhood leukaemia), and into an original strategy from the field of nuclear medicine with the potential to generate innovative molecular-targeted cancer therapies.

Author : Malay Chatterjee,Khosrow Kashfi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1461407303

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Cell Signaling & Molecular Targets in Cancer by Malay Chatterjee,Khosrow Kashfi Pdf

This book provides an overview of critical components of cell signaling machinery and its role in epithelial morphogenesis, proliferation, invasions and angiogenesis in human cancer and discusses novel types of protein kinase pathways.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461407311

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Cell Signaling & Molecular Targets in Cancer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kakoli Bose,Pradip Chaudhari
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789813298163

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Unravelling Cancer Signaling Pathways: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Kakoli Bose,Pradip Chaudhari Pdf

Unravelling the intricate cell signalling networks and their significance in cancer poses major intellectual challenge. Keeping this in mind, the book aims at understanding the mechanism of action of different proteins and their complexes in the cancer signalling pathways. Hence, the proposed book that comprises 20 chapters provides a comprehensive introduction on cell signalling, its alterations in cancer, molecules that have been popular targets as well as the ones that are emerging as targets. In addition, it discusses different forms of therapy that are coming up for its treatment. Other than that, a major portion of the book is focused on studying different disciplines at the interface of biology and other areas of science that are being used to understand cancer biology in depth.

Author : Christoph Wagener,Carol Stocking,Oliver Müller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527800452

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Cancer Signaling by Christoph Wagener,Carol Stocking,Oliver Müller Pdf

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking textbook, the authors provide a compelling story of how cancer works on the molecular level, and how targeted therapies using kinase inhibitors and other modulators of signaling pathways can contain and eventually cure it. The first part of the book gives an introduction into the cell and molecular biology of cancer, focusing on the key mechanisms of cancer formation. The second part of the book introduces the main signaling transduction mechanisms responsible for carcinogenesis and compares their function in healthy versus cancer cells. In contrast to the complexity of its topic, the text is easy to read. 32 specially prepared teaching videos on key concepts and pathways in cancer signaling are available online for users of the print edition and have been integrated into the text in the enhanced e-book edition.

Author : David A. Frank
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402073403

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Signal Transduction in Cancer by David A. Frank Pdf

One of the most exciting areas of cancer research now is the development of agents which can target signal transduction pathways that are activated inappropriately in malignant cells. The understanding of the molecular abnormalities which distinguish malignant cells from their normal counterparts has grown tremendously. This volume summarizes the current research on the role that signal transduction pathways play in the pathogenesis of cancer and how this knowledge may be used to develop the next generation of more effective and less toxic anticancer agents. Series Editor comments: "The biologic behavior of both normal and cancer cells is determined by critical signal transduction pathways. This text provides a comprehensive review of the field. Leading investigators discuss key molecules that may prove to be important diagnostic and/or therapeutic targets."

Author : David A. Frank
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1461412161

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Signaling Pathways in Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy by David A. Frank Pdf

In recent years, increasing evidence has suggested that abnormal activation of signaling pathways is a critical event in cancer pathogenesis. In particular, activation of these pathways can lead to inappropriate cellular survival, proliferation, pluripotency, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis. Thus, understanding the mechanisms by which signaling pathways become subverted in a cancer cell can provide insight into critical events in cancer pathogenesis. Furthermore, as our ability to target specific molecular interactions advances, we now have the ability to design small molecules, protein therapeutics, and other forms of targeted therapies. By focusing on the specific molecular abnormalities in a cancer cell, these agents hold the potential to be much more effective and much less toxic than current cytotoxic therapies.

Author : Rakesh Kumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402078477

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Molecular Targeting and Signal Transduction by Rakesh Kumar Pdf

Our limited understanding of cellular regulatory signal-transduction-networks has been a barrier to progress in improving the overall cure-rate of human cancers. Delineation of the physiologic roles of the specific regulatory signaling components, with known association with metastatic phenotypes, is a highly promising area which will likely provide the next generation of targeted strategies in the future of molecular cancer medicine. These signaling components are likely to be used in diagnosis, prognosis, and as novel targets for therapeutic development. This book brings together up-to-date summaries by leading cancer researchers on the major principles of cancer cell biology: survival, apoptosis, adhesion, and cell cycle deregulation. It is directed at clinicians and scientists working in the areas of experimental and molecular therapeutics, molecular medicine, translational cancer research, and bio-medical sciences in general.

Author : Christoph Wagener,Carol Stocking,Oliver Müller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527800476

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Cancer Signaling, Enhanced Edition by Christoph Wagener,Carol Stocking,Oliver Müller Pdf

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking textbook, the authors provide a compelling story of how cancer works on the molecular level, and how targeted therapies using kinase inhibitors and other modulators of signaling pathways can contain and eventually cure it. The first part of the book gives an introduction into the cell and molecular biology of cancer, focusing on the key mechanisms of cancer formation. The second part of the book introduces the main signaling transduction mechanisms responsible for carcinogenesis and compares their function in healthy versus cancer cells. In contrast to the complexity of its topic, the text is easy to read. 32 specially prepared teaching videos on key concepts and pathways in cancer signaling are available online.

Author : David M. Terrian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781592593569

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Cancer Cell Signaling by David M. Terrian Pdf

Cells respond to environmental cues through a complex and dynamic network of signaling pathways that normally maintain a critical balance between cellular proliferation, differentiation, senescence, and death. One current research challenge is to identify those aberrations in signal transd- tion that directly contribute to a loss of this division-limited equilibrium and the progression to malignant transformation. The study of cell-signaling m- ecules in this context is a central component of cancer research. From the knowledge of such targets, investigators have been able to productively advance many insightful hypotheses about how a particular cancer cell may misinterpret, or respond inappropriately to, growth regulatory cues in their environment. Despite these key insights, the rapidly evolving nature of cell signaling research in cancer has necessitated a continuous revision of these theoretical constructs and the updating of methods used in their study. One contemporary example of the evolution of this field is provided by an analysis of the Human Genome Project data, which reveal a previously unsuspected diversity in the multigene families encoding for most signaling pathway int- mediates. In assessing the usefulness of a particular methodological approach, therefore, we will need to keep in mind that there is a premium on those p- tocols that can be easily adapted for the analysis of multiple members within a gene family. Cancer Cell Signaling: Methods and Protocols brings together several such methods in cell signaling research that are scientifically grounded within the cancer biology field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780443235474

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Targeting Signaling Pathways in Solid Tumors Part A by Anonim Pdf

Targeting Signaling Pathways in Solid Tumors, Part A, Volume 385 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Drugging the Undruggable: Advances in Targeting KRAS Signaling in Solid Tumors, Emerging Trends in Gastrointestinal Cancers: Targeting Developmental Pathways in their Carcinogenesis and Tumor Progression, Importance of targeting various cell signaling pathways in solid cancers, Targeting signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: a potential approach for developing novel anticancer therapeutics, Factors affecting heterogeneity in breast cancer microenvironment: A narrative review, and much more. Additional sections cover Exploring TLR Signaling Pathways as Promising Targets in Cervical Cancer: The Road Less Travelled Provides the latest information on cancer research Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of cancer research topics Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike

Author : Richard M. Schultz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783764374143

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Advances in Targeted Cancer Therapy by Richard M. Schultz Pdf

There have been tremendous advances in our understanding of molecular and tumor biology during the past few years. In the field of cancer therapeutics, it is expected that cytotoxic drug approaches will be gradually replaced with treatments based on biological targeted approaches. Hopefully these new targeted therapies will significantly increase efficacy and lack the devastating and troublesome side effects elicited by cytotoxic chemotherapy. This volume is the first book to cover the general topic of targeted cancer therapy. It presents a range of targets such as tumor angiogenesis, cell cycle control and cell signalling, COX-2, apoptosis/cell survival, invasion and metastasis and approaches like kinase inhibitors, antisense, and antibody-based therapeutics. The emphasis is on preclinical development, including target validation, development of biomarkers, strategies for combination approaches, and development of resistance. The particular challenges involved in translating these data to clinical application are discussed. This volume should be of broad general interest to researchers and clinicians involved in cancer therapy as well as other scientists interested in current strategies for cancer treatment.

Author : Wafik S. El-Deiry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781592598519

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Death Receptors in Cancer Therapy by Wafik S. El-Deiry Pdf

An in depth review of our latest understanding of the molecular events that regulate cell death and those molecules that provide targets for developing agonists or antagonists to modulate death signaling for therapeutic purposes. The authors focus on the extrinsic system of death receptors, their regulation and function, and their abnormalities in cancer. Topics of particular interest include resistance to apoptosis, TRAIL signaling, death receptors in embryonic development, mechanisms of caspase activation, and death receptor mutations in cancer. Additional chapters address death signaling in melanoma, synthetic retinoids and death receptors, the role of p53 in death receptor regulation, immune suppression of cancer, and combination therapy with death ligands.

Author : John L. Marshall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1441907165

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Cancer Therapeutic Targets by John L. Marshall Pdf

In the past decade, we have experienced an explosion of new information about cancer therapeutic targets. Many of the targets have been validated by the discovery and approval of new medicines which have been approved for the treatment of cancer. On the heels of these successes, innumerable new targets and new potential therapeutics are being developed by many different groups including government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and individual investigators. Understanding the expanding "universe" of cancer therapies is therefore becoming impossible and no single source exists which serves as a reference for the involved parties. Further, the interested parties have vastly different areas of expertise, from focused laboratory based science, to clinical research, to corporate and regulatory oversight. The text would be updated every two years, more often depending on pace of change, interest and sales. While useful online, this reference book would likely be kept in hard copy as well.

Author : Rakesh Kumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461480396

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Nuclear Signaling Pathways and Targeting Transcription in Cancer by Rakesh Kumar Pdf

At the moment, there is no dedicated book to summarize the roles, the significance, and potential therapeutic targeting of transcriptional factors from the perspective of signaling cascade, and thus, directly impacting the functionality of transcriptional factors in cancer. In addition, this book will offer a comprehensive basic and clinical science behind the functions of representative core transcriptional factors. These chapters will serve as a treasure for all those who have an interest in the basis, progression, and targeting of human cancer. Each chapter will be intended to provide comprehensive, up-to-date information by the leaders about the physiologic and pathologic roles of TFs in specific representative organ systems of prime importance. The book will consist of chapters that will give biomedical students, under and graduate students, basic sciences and clinical cancer fellows, residents and researchers, and oncology educators will get a thorough summary of the overall subject. The readers will be able to understand the important current information and views on specific TFs and its role in cancer in areas outside their own expertise or experience. A special emphasis will be also placed on the "classic" papers as well as perspectives on future directions for the field.