Cancer epigenetics. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Trygve Tollefsbol.
• Other Names: Tollefsbol, Trygve O
• Contents: The role of epigenetics in cancer / Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- DNA hypomethylation in cancer / Peter L. Molloy -- DNA hypermethylation in oncogenesis / J. Tyson DeAngelis [and others] -- Imprinting alterations in tumorigenesis / Jeremiah Bernier-Latmani and Phillip Shaw -- Proteins that modulate DNA methylation aberrations in cancer / Sabrina L. Walthall [and others] -- The role of DNA methylation in cancer progression / Sang-Woon Choi and Simonetta Friso -- Alterations in histone acetylation in tumorigenesis / Sabita N. Saldanha and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Histone methylation and the initiation of cancer / Shi Huang -- The role of sirtuins in aging and tumorigenesis / Xiaohong Zhang [and others] -- Proteins that alter histone modifications in cancer / Ada Ao and Jianrong Lu -- Dietary and environmental influences on histone modifications in cancer / Sabita N. Saldanha [and others] -- Noncoding RNAs in cancer / Maciej Szymanski and Jan Barciszewski -- Cancer-linked DNA hyper- and hypomethylation: chromosome positional effects / Melanie Ehrlich -- Chromatin remodeling and cancer / Sari Pennings and Richard R. Meehan. Poly-ADP-ribosylation in cancer / Rajeshwar N. Sharan -- Polycomb group proteins in tumorigenesis / Hanneke E.C. Niessen and Jan Willem Voncken -- Cancer and aging: the epigenetic connection / Craig A. Cooney -- DNA methylation in tumor diagnosis / Kavitha Ramachandran, Edna Gordian, and Rakesh Singal -- DNA methylation profiles as prognostic markers for cancer / Sam Thiagalingam and Panagiotis Papageorgis -- Diagnosing cancer using histone modification analysis / Mukesh Verma and Deepak Kumar -- Histone modifications in cancer biology and prognosis / Matthew A. McBrian, David B. Seligson, and Siavash K. Kurdistani -- Histone deacetylase inhibitors in cancer therapy / Aaron M. Sargeant [and others] -- Methylation changes in neoplasia: diagnostic and therapeutic implications / Eleftheria Hatzimichael, Justin Stebbing, and Tim Crook -- Clinical trials and approved drugs for epigenetic cancer therapy / Debby M.E.I. Hellebrekers and Manon van Engeland -- Future directions in epigenetic cancer research / Jacob Peedicayil.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 446 pages, [8] pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.99/4042; Cancer -- Genetic aspects; Epigenesis; DNA -- Methylation; Post-translational modification; Neoplasms -- genetics; DNA Methylation; Epigenesis, Genetic; Histones -- metabolism; MEDICAL -- Oncology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; Cancer -- Genetic aspects; DNA -- Methylation; Epigenesis; Post-translational modification; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420045802; 1420045806; 1281774448; 9781281774446
• Related ISBNs: 9781420045796; 1420045792
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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