VEGF and cancer
By: [edited by] Judith H. Harmey
Series: Medical intelligence unit; Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781417562251; 9781597342742
Subjects: Vascular endothelial growth factors; HEALTH & FITNESS; Tumors; Etiology; Regulation; Tumor Biomarkers; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; Oncology; Diseases; Cancer; Blood-vessels; Physiopathology; Neovascularization; Neoplasms; MEDICAL; Pathophysiology; Growth; Adverse effects; Physiology
Description: VEGF and Cancer is a comprehensive and up to date review of current knowledge on the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cancer. Key Features: This book is aimed at scientists new to angiogenesis and VEGF biology and provides new information for established researchers and scientists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: VEGF and its receptors / Napoleone Ferrara; title: Hypoxic regulation of VEGF / Nina S. Levy, Ilana Goldberg-Cohen and Andrew P. Levy; title: Molecular mechanisms of VEGF-induced angiogenesis / Sandra Donnini, Marina Ziche and Lucia Morbidelli; title: Crosstalk between VEGF and Bcl-2 in tumor progression and angiogenesis / Donatella Del Bufalo, Daniela Trisciuoglio and Michele Milella; title: Vascular endothelial growth factor in breast cancer / Tilmann Lantzsch and Lukas Hefler; title: VEGF and tumor progression in human melanoma / Domenico Ribatti, Angelo Vacca and Franco Dammacco; title: VEGF in esophageal cancer / Axel Kleespies [and others]; title: VEGF in colorectal cancer / Markus Guba [and others]; title: Vascular endothelial growth factor in malignant disease of the central nervous system / David Stefanik; title: VEGF in hematopoietic malignancy / Philip T. Murphy and John Quinn; title: Targeting VEGF in pancreatic cancer / Cheryl H. Baker, Carmen C. Solorzano and Isaiah J. Fidler; title: Effects of fibrinogen and associated peptide fragments on the activation of human endothelial cells by VEGF in vitro / Carolyn A. Staton, Nicola J. Brown and Claire E. Lewis; title: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its role in non-endothelial cells: autocrine signalling by VEGF / Angela M. Duffy, David J. Bouchier-Hayes and Judith H. Harmey; title: Vascular endothelial growth factor C and vascular endothelial growth factor D: biology, functions and role in cancer / Sarah E. Duff and Gordon C. Jayson.