Cancer Epigenetics: Biomolecular Therapeutics in Human Cancer is the only resource to focus on biomolecular approaches to cancer therapy. Its presentation of the latest research in cancer biology reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field and aims to facilitate collaboration between the basic, translational, and clinical sciences.

Contributors.Preface.SECTION I: EPIGENETICS AND CELL CYCLE.1 Epigenetic Modulation of Cell Cycle: An Overview (MicaelaMontanari, Antonio Giordano, Marcella Cintorino, and MarcellaMacaluso).SECTION II: EPIGENETICS AND CELL DEVELOPMENT, SENESCENCE ANDDIFFERENTIATION.2 Epigenetics in Skeletal Muscle Development (CristinaGiacinti and Antonio Giordano).3 Epigenetic Control in Cellular Senescence (Heike Helmbold,Wolfgang Deppert, and Wolfgang Bohn).4 Epigenetic Modulation in Cell Development and Differentiation(Mario Mancino, Claudia Esposito, Raffaella Pasquale, ImmacolataVocca, and Francesca Pentimalli).SECTION III: EPIGENETICS AND GENE TRANSCRIPTION.5 Epigenetic Control of Gene Transcription (ChristianBronner, Mayada Achour, Thierry Chataigneau,and Valerie B.Schini-Kerth).6 Epigenetics, MicroRNAs, and Cancer: An Update (GiuseppeRusso, Andrew Puca, Francesco Masulli, Stefano Rovetta,LetiziaCito, Debora Muresu, Flavio Rizzolio, and AntonioGiordano).SECTION IV: EPIGENETICS AND CANCER.7 The Role of Epigenetic Modifications in Cancer (Michael J.Powell, Vladimir M. Popov, Xiang Wang, Steven B. McMahon,AlexanderMazo, and Richard G. Pestell).8 MBD4/MED1 Protein in DNA Repair and Demethylation, Cancer, andOther Diseases (Serena Buontempo, Mara Sannai, and AlfonsoBellacosa).9 Epigenetics in Pediatric Cancers (Roberta Ciarapica,Lavinia Raimondi, Federica Verginelli, and Rossella Rota).10 Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer Formation and Progression(Elisabetta Fratta, Luca Sigalotti, Alessia Covre, GiuliaParisi, Riccardo Danielli, Hugues Jean Marie Nicolay, Sandra Coral,and Michele Maio).SECTION V: EPIGENETICS AND ANTICANCER DRUG DEVELOPMENT ANDTHERAPY.11 Recent Advances in the Field of Stem Cell Research: Towardthe Definition of the Epigenetic and Genetic Codes of Pluripotency(Gaetano Romano).12 Potential of Heat Shock Protein Targeting for Human Therapy(Laszlo Otvos, Jr).13 Advances in Stem Cell Therapy for Cancer Research (AndrewPuca and Antonio Giordano).14 Epigenetic Targets and Drug Development (ParaskeviVogiatzi, Maria Irene Scarano, and Pier Paolo Claudio).Index.