Autophagy and Cancer

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wang, Hong-Gang (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Current Cancer Research ; 8
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Molecular Medicine.; Cell Biology.; Human Physiology.

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 in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Historical Overview of Autophagy
• The Core Molecular Machinery of Autophagosome Formation
• The origin of autophagosomes: The beginning of an end
• Signal Transduction Regulation of Autophagy
• Role of Autophagy in Tumorigenesis
• Selective autophagy and cancer
• Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in autophagy
• Autophagy and Immunity
• Autophagy and the Tumor Microenvironment
• Autophagy and Cancer Therapy
• The Crosstalk between Apoptosis & Autophagy
• Autophagy and Cancer Drug Discovery
• Index.