Viruses, Genes, and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hunter, Eric (Editor), Bister, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 407
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

This volume focuses on virus-host cell interactions, cellular genes acquired or modulated by viruses, the pathological effects of these interactions, and therapeutic interventions. Several chapters specifically address the role of viruses and genes – such as oncogenes, proto-oncogenes, or tumor supp...

Table of Contents:

• Exchange of Genetic Sequences Between Viruses and Host
• Virus-Host Gene Interactions that Define HIV Disease Progression
• Sequencing the Biology of Entry: The Retroviral env Gene
• Infectious Agents in Bovine Red Meat and Milk and Their Potential Role in Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
• MYC and RAF: Key Effectors in Cellular Signaling and Major Drivers in Human Cancer
• Oncogenic Roles of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Axis
• MicroRNAs and Cancer
• The Evolution of Tumor Formation in Humans and Mice with Inherited Mutations in the P53 Gene.