From melanocytes to melanoma
Subtitle: the progression to malignancy
By: edited by Vincent J. Hearing, Stanley P.L. Leong.
Contributors: Hearing, Vincent J.; Leong, Stanley P. L.
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
Subjects: Melanoma; Cell transformation; Melanocytes; Melanoma -- physiopathology; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Melanocytes -- physiology; Melanoma -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origin and development of neural crest-derived melanocytes / Debra L. Silver and William J. Pavan; title: MITF : a matter of life and death for the developing melanocytes / Heinz Arnheiter ... [et al.]; title: MITF : critical regulator of the melanocyte lineage / Erez Feige, Laura L. Poling, and David E. Fisher; title: Melanocytes and the transcription factor SOX10 / Micheal Wegner; title: Human cutaneous pigmentation : a collaborative act in the skin, directed by paracrine, autocrine, and endocrine factors and the environment / Zalfa A. Abdel-Malek and Ana Luisa Kadekaro; title: Melanocyte distribution and function in human skin : effects of UV radiation / Yuji Yamaguchi and Vincent J. Hearing; title: Altered signal transduction in melanoma / Pablo Lopez Bergami, Anindita Bhoumik, and Ze'ev Ronai; title: BRN2 in melanocytic cell development, differentiation, and transformation / Anthony L. Cook ... [et al.]; title: The dynamic roles of cell surface receptors in melanoma development / Dong Fang and Meenhard Herlyn; title: Familial melanoma genes, melanocyte immortalization, and melanoma initiation / Dorothy C. Bennett; title: Genetic progression from melanocyte to malignant melanoma / Boris C. Bastian; title: The multiple roles of the oncogenic-protein ski in human malignant melanoma / Dahu Chen ... [et al.]; title: RB/E2F regulation and dual activity in the melanocytic system / Ruth Halaban; title: Melanoma development and pigment cell transformation / Claudia Wellbrock; title: The biology and genetics of melanoma / Norman E. Sharpless and Lynda Chin; title: The biology of xeroderma pigmentosum : insights into the role of ultraviolet light in the development of melanoma / James E. Cleaver; title: Divergent pathways to cutaneous melanoma / David C. Whiteman and Adele C. Green; title: Pigmentation, DNA repair, and candidate genes : the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in a mediterranean population / Maria Teresa Landi; title: Low penetrance genotypes, pigmentation phenotypes, and melanoma etiology / Peter A. Kanetsky and Timothy R. Rebbeck; title: The biology of melanoma progression : from melanocyte to metastatic seeds / Neil Crowson, Cynthia Magro, and Martin C. Mihm, Jr; title: Optical imaging analysis of atypical nevi and melanoma / Amanda Pfaff Smith and Dorothea Becker; title: Proteomics analysis of melanoma cell lines and cultured melanocytes / Katheryn A. Resing and Natalie G. Ahn; title: Paradigm of metastasis for malignant melanoma / Stanley P.L. Leong; title: Repair of UV-induced DNA damage and melanoma risk / Qingyi Wei; title: High risk factors for melanoma metastasis / Neil A. Accortt and Seng-jaw Soong; title: Role of melanoma inhibitory activity in early development of malignant melanoma / Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff; title: Role and regulation of PAR-1 melanoma progression / Carmen Tellez and Menashe Bar-Eli; title: Molecular mechanisms of melanoma metastasis / Mohammed Kashani-Sabet; title: Overview of tumor progression in melanoma / David E. Elder; title: The plasticity of melanoma cells and associated clinical implications / Mary J. C. Hendrix ... [et al.]; title: The clinical utility of molecular markers as predictors of disease outcome and response to therapy in malignant melanoma / Steve R. Martinez, Hiroya Takeuchi, Dave S. B. Hoon; title: The role of DCT/TYRP2 in resistance of melanoma cells to drugs and radiation / Brian J. Pak and Yaacov Ben-David; title: How melanoma cells evade chemotherapy : role of ATP-dependent and -independent transporters / Kevin G. Chen, Vincent J. Hearing, and Michael M. Gottesman; title: Apoptosis in melanoma: approaches to therapy / Heicke Rockmann and Dirk Schadendorf; title: Role of melanoma-associated antigens / Rishab K. Gupta, Ana M. McElrath-Garza, and Donald L. Morton; title: Host responses to melanoma : implications for immunotherapy / Julian A. Kim and Ernest Borden; title: Malignant melanoma : future perspectives / Vincent J. Hearing and Stanley P.L. Leong.