Adipose Tissue and Cancer

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kolonin, Mikhail G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Lipids.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Lipidology.; Cell Biology.

The pathophysiology underlying the relationship between obesity and cancer is complex and incompletely understood. Progression of certain cancers has been shown to accelerate in obese patients irrespective of their lifestyle and diet. Because obesity is manifested by overgrowth of white adipose tiss...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface: Obesity, Adipose Tissue and Cancer Progression
• Metabolic Perturbations Associated with Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and the Obesity-Cancer Link
• Increased Adiposity and Colorectal Cancer
• Adiposity and Diabetes in Breast and Prostate Cancer
• Increased Adipocity and Endometrial Cancer Risk
• Adipokines: Soluble Factors from Adipose Tissue Implicated in Cancer
• Animal Models to Study the Interplay between Cancer and Obesity
• Unraveling the local influence of tumor-surrounding adipose tissue on tumor progression: cellular and molecular actors involved
• Trafficking of Cells from Adipose Tissue to Tumor Microenvironment
• The Impact of Obesity Intervention on Cancer: Clinical Perspectives
• Index.