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Title Autophagy and cancer / Hong-Gang Wang, editor
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Current cancer research ; 8
Current cancer research ; 8.
Contents Historical Overview of Autophagy / William A. Dunn Jr., Laura A. Schroder, John P. Aris -- The Core Molecular Machinery of Autophagosome Formation / Meiyan Jin, Daniel J. Klionsky -- The Origin of Autophagosomes: The Beginning of an End / Susana Abreu, Jana Sanchez-Wandelmer, Fulvio Reggiori -- Signal Transduction Regulation of Autophagy / Pui-Mun Wong, Xuejun Jiang -- Role of Autophagy in Tumorigenesis / Hanlin Tao, Robert Taylor Jr., Xiangang Zeng, Shengkan Jin -- Selective Autophagy and Cancer / Yoshinobu Ichimura, Masaaki Komatsu -- Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Autophagy / Gregor M. Balaburski, Anna Budina, Maureen E. Murphy -- Autophagy and Immunity / Lindsey M. Silva, Jae U. Jung -- Autophagy and the Tumor Microenvironment / Daolin Tang, Michael T. Lotze -- Autophagy and Cancer Therapy / Andrew Thorburn, Michael J. Morgan -- The Cross Talk Between Apoptosis and Autophagy / Megan M. Young, Hong-Gang Wang -- Autophagy and Cancer Drug Discovery / Hua Yang, Jessica A. Williams, Yifeng Hou, Menghang Xia
Summary This book covers the latest advances in the field of autophagy and cancer from the basics of the molecular machinery for autophagy induction and regulation up to current areas of interest, including modulation of autophagy and drug discovery for cancer prevention and treatment. The reader will be initially introduced to the historical context of autophagy, followed by a summary of the key players in autophagy, a discussion on the origin of autophagosomes, and an overview of signal transduction regulation of autophagy. The next chapters deal with the complex relationship between autophagy and tumorigenesis through in-depth discussions of how autophagy influences cell survival, apoptosis, inflammation, immunity, tumor microenvironment, metabolic stress, DNA damage, and genomic instability. The remaining chapters discuss how autophagy affects cancer cell response to therapy and how to best modulate autophagy for therapeutic benefit - what to target and how to target. We hope that this monograph will be an invaluable reference source for professionals, students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior scientists working in the fields of autophagy and cancer
Analysis Medicine
Oncology
Human physiology
Cytology
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Molecular Medicine
Cell Biology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Carcinogenesis.
Cancer -- Immunological aspects.
Neoplasms
Neoplasms -- immunology
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Autophagy
Carcinogenesis
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Médecine.
Cancer -- Immunological aspects
Carcinogenesis
Krebs Medizin
Autophagie Physiologie
Form Electronic book
Author Wang, Hong-Gang.
ISBN 9781461465614
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