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Signal Transduction in Cancer Metastasis (Hardcover, 2010 ed.) Loot Price: R4,271
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Signal Transduction in Cancer Metastasis (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Wen-Sheng Wu, Chi-Tan Hu

Signal Transduction in Cancer Metastasis (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)

Wen-Sheng Wu, Chi-Tan Hu

Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment, 15

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Cancerremainstobeoneofthemostdevastatingdiseasesworldwidesincelong ago. Thepoorprognosisofcancerislargelyduetometastasis. Metastasisisoften depictedasamultistageprocessinwhichmalignantcellsspreadfromtheprimary locustodistantorgansviacirculation. Whereasgeneticalterationsweresuggested tobeessentialfortransformationofprimarytumorcellsintometastaticphenotype, epigeneticeventsareequallyimportant,whichmaybetriggeredbymetastaticf- torswhereverintheprimarytumorlocus,bloodcirculationandthesecondaryloci. Signaltransductionsinitiatedbythemetastaticfactorsareresponsibleformediating themolecularandcellularprocessesleadingtometastasis. Blockadeoftherelevant molecularpathwaysisoneofthemosteffectivestrategiesforpreventionoftumor metastasis. Clinicaltrialsareunderwaywithpromisingoutcome. Inthisbook, wetakecomprehensive review inregard withthisexciting eld ofcancerresearch. Chapter1takesabriefoverviewofrecentlyidenti edsignal mechanismsforeachstepoftumormetastasisincludingtheinitiationstage,intra- sation,anti-anoikisinbloodcirculation,homing,extravasationand nalsurvivalin themetastaticsite. Chapter2makesacompletedreviewforthemolecularandcel- lareventsinvolvedininitiationofmetastasis. Especially,thesignalingmechanisms formediatingtumorprogressioninducedbysomeimportantmetastaticfactorsare described. InChapters3and4,thecentralrolesofMAPKanditsdownstreameff- torsMAPKAPKplayineachstepoftumormetastasisarewelldelineated. Chapter5 furtherdescribesdetailedlyabouthowGrb2andotheradaptorproteins,upstreamof MAPK cascade, contribute tometastasis. InChapter 6, therole ofreactive o- genspecies(ROS)intumorprogressionarehighlighted. Moreover,thepotential contribution of ROS to cross talk between major signaling cascades that lead to sustainedMAPKactivationareproposedinChapter7. Chapter8takesaninsight intothesignalingmechanismsfordynamictraf ckingandturnoveroffocalad- sionproteinsinregulationoftractionandretractionforces,whichareneededfor celllocomotionandinvasion. Chapter9describestheinvolvementofNotchsign- ingpathwaywhichisnotonlyessentialforembryonicdevelopmentbutalsoplays importantroleintumorprogression. Chapter10reviewedtherecentlyidenti ed cancer- and metastasis-initiating cells involved in tumor progression. Especially, signal pathways that are frequently deregulated in cancer stem/progenitor cells v vi Preface duringcancerprogressionarehighlighted. Chapter11describestheroleoflipid rafts, a special component within membrane lipid domain, in signal transd- tion triggered by growth factor receptors leading to tumor metastasis. Finally, Chapters12,Chapters13,andChapters14presentthesignalingpathwaysresp- sibleformetastaticprogressionofspeci ctumorsincludingovariancancer,uveal melanomaandhepatoma,respectively. WethankallthecontributorsofeveryChapterinthebookincludingJia-RuWu, Chi-TanHu,LaureVoisin,StephanieDuhamel,SylvainMeloche,AlexeyShiryaev, MarijkeVanGhelue,UgoMoens,AlessioGiubellino,PraveenR. Arany,Moulay A. Alaoui-Jamali, Krikor Bijian, Panagiota Toliopoulos, Pingyu Zhang, Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay,MurielleMimeault,SurinderK. Batra,SamirKumarPatra, LydiaW. T. Cheung,CarmanK. M. Ip,AliceS. T. Wong,CecileLaurent,Jerome Couturier,XavierSastre-Garau,LaurenceDesjardins,EmmanuelBarillot,Sophie Piperno-Neumann,SimonSauleandRajagopalN. Aravalli. Wehopethisbookmightstimulatemorecancerbiologiststoemphasizethis eld whichbene tsdevisingmoreeffectivemoleculartargetingstrategiesforprevention ofcancermetastasis. Hualien,Taiwan Wen-ShengWu Chi-TanHu Contents 1 Overview of Signal Transduction in Tumor Metastasis...1 Wen-ShengWuandJia-RuWu 2 Microenvironment Triggers EMT, Migration and Invasion of Primary Tumor via Multiple Signal Pathways ...9 Wen-ShengWuandChi-TanHu 3 The ERK1/2 MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway in Tumor Progression and Metastasis ...25 LaureVoisin,StephanieDuhamel,andSylvainMeloche 4 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Activated Protein Kinases and Metastasis...41 AlexeyShiryaev,MarijkeVanGhelue,andUgoMoens 5 Grb2 and Other Adaptor Proteins in Tumor Metastasis ...77 AlessioGiubellinoandPraveenR. Arany 6 The Role of ROS Signaling in Tumor Progression...103 Wen-ShengWuandJia-RuWu 7 Signal Cross Talks for Sustained MAPK Activation and Cell Migration Mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species: The Involvement in Tumor Progression...

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment, 15
Release date: October 2010
First published: 2010
Editors: Wen-Sheng Wu • Chi-Tan Hu
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 288
Edition: 2010 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-9521-3
Categories: Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Cellular physiology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Proteins
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN: 90-481-9521-7
Barcode: 9789048195213

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