[PDF] Cytokines And Growth Factors In Cancer From Basic Research To Clinical Application eBook

Author : Leonidas C. Platanias
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2006-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387243615

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The first book to cover both basic science and clinical research, providing a comprehensive review of the current knowledge on cytokines and cancer. Written by leading figures in the field of cytokine biology and cytokine therapeutics.

Author : Wen G. Jiang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2001-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0792371410

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Written by experts worldwide, this book provides the current knowledge of growth factors and their receptors in cancer metastasis. It covers basic cellular and molecular biology of growth factors and their receptors, as well as their role in cancer and cancer metastasis in clinical settings. The book is intended for cancer biologists, cell biologists, biochemists, geneticists, oncologists, surgeons and physicians. It is also a valuable reference for those who work in the area of cancer research, cancer therapies, cancer care, pharmaceutical industry. Postgraduates and undergraduates who pursue a research career in cancer and growth factors will find it an extremely useful reference book.

Author : Joost J. Oppenheim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Cytokines
ISBN : 9780195071290

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The driving force for research on cytokines has always been their clinical promise. Their biological properties suggested a key role in hematopoiesis, immunity, tumor genesis, hemostasis, vascularization, repair of connective tissues and integration of the immune system with the neuroendocrine system. Animal studies have shown that cytokines could be used as effective biotherapeutics with easily manageable and reversible toxicities. Clinical trials have confirmed these findings, culminating in the licensing of a number of the cytokines such as interferon alpha, interferon gamma, interleukin 2, erythropoietin, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. Many other cytokines are in clinical trials. This is the first comprehensive volume on the cytokines written primarily from a medical perspective. After presenting background information about the structure, production, assays and systemic effects of cytokines and their receptors, it is organized around diseases and organ systems. Infectious diseases, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency states, defective hematopoiesis, allergies, injury repair, cancer, vascular and skin diseases, and neurological disorders are all covered. This work reviews the role that cytokines play in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of each disease. The authors assess both the current state of the art and the potential for future applications.

Author : Sonia B. Jakowlew
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1597452920

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Transforming Growth Factor- ß in Cancer Therapy, Vols. 1 and 2, provides a compendium of findings about the role of transforming growth factor- ß (TGF- ß) in cancer treatment and therapy. The first volume, Basic and Clinical Biology, is divided into three parts. This volume’s companion, Cancer Treatment in Therapy, examines transforming growth factor- ß in other developing and advanced cancers and methods of treatment and therapy.