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Prostate Cancer Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics /

Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed non-cutaneous malignancy in men, and the second leading cause of male cancer-related mortality in the United States.� The last decade has seen unprecedented progress in the detection, prognosis, treatment and prevention of prostate cancer. These advan...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tindall, Donald J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Protein Reviews ; 16
Subjects:
Medicine.
Oncology.
Biochemistry.
Cell receptors.
Cytology.
Biomedicine.
Cancer Research.
Medical Biochemistry.
Cell Biology.
Protein Science.
Receptors.
Biological Networks, Systems Biology.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6828-8
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Section 1: Cell Biology
  • Stem Cells in the Normal and Malignant Prostate
  • Role of Reactive Stroma in Prostate Cancer
  • The Role of Cholesterol in Prostate Cancer
  • Section 2: Genetics: PTEN in Prostate Cancer
  • ETS fusion genes in prostate cancer
  • Section 3: Cell Signaling
  • Signaling Mechanisms of Vav3, a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor and Androgen Receptor Coactivator, in Physiology and Prostate Cancer Progression
  • Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-b) in Prostate Cancer
  • The p38 MAPK Pathway in Prostate Cancer
  • NF-kappaB2/p52 in Prostate Cancer
  • The functional role of DAB2IP, a homeostatic factor, in prostate cancer
  • Tyrosine Kinases in Prostate Cancer
  • Human prostatic acid phosphatase in prostate carcinogenesis
  • Section 4: Hormonal
  • Truncated Androgen Receptor Splice Variants in Prostate Cancer
  • Biology and Clinical Relevance of Estrogen Receptors in Prostate Cancer
  • Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
  • HDAC6 regulation of androgen signaling in prostate cancer
  • Beyond the cell cycle: Implications of D-type cyclin deregulation in Pca
  • Section 5: Cell Death
  • Role of Par- in Prostate Cancer
  • Autophagy and Prostate Cancer Therapeutics
  • Index.

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