Attempts to Understand Metastasis Formation II

Regulatory Factors

312 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

List of Contents.- Regulation of Tumor Angiogenesis by Organ-Specific Cytokines.- Cytokine-Mediated Tumor-Endothelial Cell Interaction in Metastasis.- Angiogenesis-Regulating Cytokines: Activities and Interactions.- Adhesion Molecules and Tumor Cell-Vasculature Interactions: Modulation by Bioactive Lipid Molecules.- Brain Metastasis: Role of Trophic, Autocrine, and Paracrine Factors in Tumor Invasion and Colonization of the Central Nervous System.- Epithelial Differentiation and the Control of Metastasis in Carcinomas.- Regulation of Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor Expression in Tumor Cell Locomotion and Metastasis.- Metastasis-Related mts 1 Gene.- Alterations in Cell Cycle Control During Tumor Progression; Effects on Apoptosis and the Response to Therapeutic Agents.- Differential Gene Expression in Tumor Metastasis: Nm23.- NM23/Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase as a Transcriptional Activator of c-myc.- Role of Tiam 1 in Rac-Mediated Signal Transduction Pathways.- Influence of c-myc on the Progession of Human Breast Cancer.

• Reihe: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch)
• ISBN: 9783642646980
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2011
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Herausgegeben von: Walter Birchmeier, Ursula Günthert