Cellular Respiration and Carcinogenesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sarangarajan, Rangaprasad (Editor), Apte, Shireesh (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.

Cellular Respiration and Carcinogenesis informs the reader about both basic and recent research in the field of cellular respiration and the effects of its dysfunction, alteration or attenuation on the development of cancer. This masterfully compiled text by leading experts in the field, offers the...

Table of Contents:

• Oxidative Phosphorylation and Cancer: The Ongoing Warburg Hypothesis
• The Electron Transport Chain and Carcinogenesis
• Respiratory Control of Redox Signaling and Cancer
• Cellular Respiration and Dedifferentiation
• Cellular Adaptations to Oxidative Phosphorylation Defects in Cancer
• Regulation of Glucose and Energy Metabolism in Cancer Cells by Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1
• The Role of Glycolysis in Cellular Immortalization
• Metabolic Modulation of Carcinogenesis
• Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Tumors
• Cellular Respiration and Tumor Suppressor Genes
• Uncoupling Cellular Respiration: A Link to Cancer Cell Metabolism and Immune Privilege
• How Cancer Cells Escape Death.