Beschreibung:
The Advances in Cancer Research series provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents outstanding and original reviews on a variety of topics, including cancer cell migration and invasion, human tumor suppressors, FAK expression, adhesion proteins, homeobox genes in cancer development, glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis, histocompatibility antigens in tumors, NKT cells, chronic immune activation, and cancer cells and leukocytes.
Chapter 1Contribution of AZAP Type Arf GAPs to Cancer Cell Migration and InvasionChapter 2Role and Regulation of Human Tumor Suppressor SUFU in Hedgehog SignalingChapter 3FAK Expression: Regulation and Therapeutic PotentialChapter 4Adhesion Proteins Meet Receptors: A Common Theme?Chapter 5The Six Family of Homeobox Genes in Development and CancerChapter 6Mechanisms Regulating the Susceptibility of Hematopoietic Malignancies to Glucocorticoid-Induced ApoptosisChapter 7IFN Inducibility of Major Histocompatibility Antigens in TumorsChapter 8The Role of NKT Cells in Tumor ImmunityChapter 9HIV Induced AIDS and Related Cancers: Chronic Immune Activation and Future Therapeutic StrategiesChapter 10The Cancer Cell-Leukocyte Fusion Theory of Metastasis