Download or read book Genetic and Epigenetic Regulations of Tumor Progression and Metastasis written by Bozena Smolkova and published by Mdpi AG. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic aberrations and epigenetic modifications are critical drivers of cancer progression and metastasis. Although recurrent mutations in primary and metastatic cancers have been shown to be concordant, there are several metastasis-associated mutations responsible for resistance to specific therapies that are frequently located in genes that regulate DNA methylation and chromatin modifications. Recent studies have shown that distinct subgroups of poor-prognosis tumors lack genetic alterations but are epigenetically regulated, pointing to the critical role of epigenetic modifications in cancer progression. This Special Issue provides novel insights into the mechanisms underlying processes associated with cancer cell plasticity and the development of metastatic disease.
Download or read book The Study of Epigenetic Mechanisms of Metastatic Gene Regulation Using a Reversible Cancer Model written by Alicia Maria Cock-Rada and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epigenetics and Cancer written by Fazlul H. Sarkar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overall, this book illustrates the complexities of the regulation and deregulation of genes mediated through epigenetics in the development and progression of human malignancies. All the articles have been carefully chosen to represent several cancer systems with state of our knowledge on the role of epigenetic deregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) and their target mRNAs along with epigenetic deregulation of mRNAs. This book also illustrates the role of several dietary agents, collectively called nutraceuticals or natural agents in modulating the epigenetic reprogramming of miRNAs and mRNAs for the prevention and/or treatment of human malignancies. It is well known that genetic aberrations, especially inherited through parents (somatic genetic alterations) contribute to the development of less than 10% of all cancer yet epigenetic alterations in genes especially through selective methylation and acetylation appears to be responsible for the development and progression of the vast majority of all cancers. Therefore, understanding the role of epigenetics in the regulation of genes especially through deregulated expression of miRNAs as presented in this book will allow scientists to devise targeted therapeutic strategies for re-expression of the lost genes or down-regulate the genes that are over-expressed in order to eradicate cancer. It is hoped that targeting epigenetics will not only target cancer cells but it will also target the tumor microenvironment (more like the entire tumor environment such as the entire host) for achieving better treatment outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer which will lead to achieve the long-term objective for complete eradication of cancer. This book contains fifteen chapters which begins with the concept of systems and network biology for investigating the epigenetics of cancer followed by a series of articles on the role of miRNAs and their target genes in the biology of pancreatic cancer and other cancers such as breast, kidney, prostate and and colon. Since it is becoming increasingly clear that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are important in the development and progression of cancer, and CSCs are important in therapeutic resistance, treatment failure and tumor recurrence, thus the importance of CSCs and epigenetics has been highlighted by a very timely article on epigenetic variations of stem cell markers in cancer including miRNAs. Moreover, just targeting heterogeneous cancer cell populations may not be optimal to eradicate tumors and for which one must take a holistic approach for developing drugs that could also target the tumor microenvironment and tumor dormancy that are regulated through epigenetics. Keeping abreast with this thought process the concluding chapter provides a concept towards curative cancer therapy with maspin, which could be a unique window of opportunity to target tumor dormancy. Therefore, it suggest that targeting the tumor dormancy and the tumor microenvironment using novel therapeutics specifically by targeting epigenetics would become the future of medicine.
Download or read book The Role of Epigenetic Modifications in Cancer Progression written by Lei Chang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer Part A written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-09-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer, a series of volumes from the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, various experts in epigenetics critically cover multiple facets of cancer-associated epigenetic alterations, including the impact of epigenetic deregulation in all steps of oncogenesis as well as promising strategies to therapeutically target cancer-associated epigenetic deregulation. This collection aims at expanding our knowledge on this exciting field of investigation and providing fresh insights as a basis for further investigations that will hopefully translate into an improved clinical management of patients with cancer. The collection provides accurate and critical review articles from invited experts on the selected topic Each review provides the newest insights and remarks on multiple subjects of the topic The volume offers a broad range of perspectives on detailed features
Download or read book Epigenetic Regulation of a Gene MS 1 in Cells of Different Metastatic Potential written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and a major cause of cancer-related death among Canadian women. Although treatment of primary breast tumours is highly successful through surgery, metastatic breast cancer is difficult to treat. Cancer progression and metastasis require the accumulation of numerous genetic and epigenetic alterations. Normal cells that acquire such alterations can transform into cancer cells, resulting in primary tumour formation. Primary tumours are a heterogeneous population, containing cells of various metastatic potentials. Cells that acquire a high potential for metastasis can spread to secondary locations. Our model system consists of two subpopulations, with different metastatic potential, derived from the same rat mammary adenocarcinoma. Using this model, a differentially expressed novel gene, termed MS-1, was discovered. Due to significant expression of this gene in the poorly metastatic subpopulation and lack of expression in the highly metastatic subpopulation, MS-1 may have involvement in metastasis suppression. Several breast cancer metastasis suppressor genes have been identified on the basis that they are down-regulated during the progression of metastasis. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, account for loss of expression in several of these genes. Hypermethylation of CpG islands within gene promoters results in deacetylation of histone proteins and produces a compact chromatin structure that is unfavourable for transcription. A CpG island spans the 5 untranslated region, exon 1 and part of intron 1 of the MS-1 gene. Our data reveals aberrant methylation patterns of this CpG island in our model. Also, MS-1 expression appears to be partially induced by both DNA methylation and histone deacetylation inhibitors. Following a screen of several cancer cell lines of various metastatic potential, it appears that the presence of DNA methylation in the CpG island of MS-1 correlates with the lack of MS-1 expression. Therefo.
Download or read book Genetic and Epigenetic Control on Immune Responses Regulating Molecules in Cancer Development Progression and Treatment written by Katherine Chiappinelli and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer written by Sabita Saldanha and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer provides a comprehensive analysis of epigenetic signatures that govern disease development, progression and metastasis. Epigenetic signatures dictating tumor etiologies present an opportunity for biomarker identification which has broad potential for improving diagnosis, prognosis, prediction, and risk assessment. This volumes offers a unique evaluation of signature differences in childhood, sex-specific and race-specific cancers, and in doing so broadly illuminates the scope of epigenetic biomarkers in clinical environments. Chapters detail the major epigenetic process in humans consisting of DNA methylation, histone modifications and microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the initiation, progression and metastasis of tumors. Also delineated are recent technologies such as next generation sequencing that are used to identify epigenetic profiles (primarily methylation analysis) in samples (normal, benign and cancerous) and which are highly important to the analysis of epigenetic outcomes.
Download or read book Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer in Response to Chemotherapy written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer in Response to Chemotherapy, Volume 158 of the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting chapters on timely topics, including Epigenetically Programmed Resistance to Chemotherapy and Promotion of Immune Evasion in Cancer, A Role for the Epigenome in Cancer Cell Drug Tolerance, Histone Methylation and X Chromosomal Genes in Metastasis of Breast Cancer, Targeting Epigenetic Regulation Using Small Molecule Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as Sanguine Epigenetic Therapeutics against Pugnacious Lung Cancer, From ecology to oncology: To understand cancer stem cell dormancy, ask a Brine shrimp (Artemia), and more. Additional chapters cover Predictive Models of Chemoresistance Generated by Crunching the Public Drug Screen, Epigenomic and Genomic Profiling Datasets via Regression-, Machine Learning, and Knowledge-Based Methods, Probing on the Mechanisms of lncRNAs on Cancer Drug Resistance, Drug Tolerant Persister Cells in Cancer: Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Perspectives, and much more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Advances in Cancer Research series Includes the latest information on the Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer in Response to Chemotherapy
Download or read book Introduction to Epigenetics written by Renato Paro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access textbook leads the reader from basic concepts of chromatin structure and function and RNA mechanisms to the understanding of epigenetics, imprinting, regeneration and reprogramming. The textbook treats epigenetic phenomena in animals, as well as plants. Written by four internationally known experts and senior lecturers in this field, it provides a valuable tool for Master- and PhD- students who need to comprehend the principles of epigenetics, or wish to gain a deeper knowledge in this field. After reading this book, the student will: Have an understanding of the basic toolbox of epigenetic regulation Know how genetic and epigenetic information layers are interconnected Be able to explain complex epigenetic phenomena by understanding the structures and principles of the underlying molecular mechanisms Understand how misregulated epigenetic mechanisms can lead to disease
Download or read book Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer Part A written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer - Part A, Volume 380 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, presents content from various experts in epigenetics who cover multiple facets of cancer-associated epigenetic alterations, including the impact of epigenetic deregulation in all steps of oncogenesis as well as promising strategies to therapeutically target cancer-associated epigenetic deregulation. Specific chapters cover Epigenetic regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition during cancer development, Novel insights into DNA methylation-based epigenetic regulation of breast tumor angiogenesis, Super-enhancer landscape rewiring in cancer: The epigenetic control at distal sites, Non-coding RNAs in the epigenetic landscape of Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and much more.
Download or read book Epigenetic Advancements in Cancer written by Manoj K. Mishra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the epigenetic alterations and their association with various human cancers. Considering one of human cancer as an example, individual chapters are focused on defining the role of epigenetic regulators and underlying mechanisms in cancer growth and progression. Epigenetic alteration including DNA methylation, histone modification, nucleosome positioning and non-coding RNAs expression are involved in a complex network of regulating expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes and constitute an important event of the multistep process of carcinogenesis. Recent advances in the understanding of the epigenetic regulation and detailed information of these epigenetic changes in various cancers provide new avenues of advancements in diagnostics, prognostics, and therapies of this highly fatal disease.
Download or read book DNA Methylation Epigenetics and Metastasis written by Manel Esteller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad and rich outline of the epigenetic mechanisms involved in cancer progression and the generation of metastasis. It describes the tumor suppressor genes undergoing transcriptional silencing by CpG island promoter hypermethylation in the different tumor types of the human anatomy and their association with tumoral behaviour. It also provides a comprehensive insightful look at the molecular players involved in DNA methylation, histone modification and chromatin remodelling complexes causing epigenetic lesions linked to the metastasic phenotypes. Finally, it explains how epigenetic lesions associated with cancer spreading can be targeted using new and potent chemotherapy drugs. The book is a state-of-the-art reference to all scientific researchers and clinicians interested in the understanding of the biological processes leading to tumor dissemination and to those that are keen to translate this knowledge to a better management of cancer patients. Each contributor is a specialist in their epigenetic area and their joint effort has created a unique view of the DNA methylation, histone and chromatin changes that define cancer metastasis.
Download or read book Genes and Cancer written by Guy-Joseph Lemamy and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is a malignant tumor caused by DNA damage, which leads to uncontrolled cell growth. Tumor progression is locally favored by the mitogenic effects of hormones or growth factors, which stimulate the tumor's growth, or the activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, which induces angiogenesis and leads to metastasis. About 300 out of 25,000 genes that set up the human genome are involved in cancer pathology. These genes are divided into three groups: oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, and DNA repair genes. Activated oncogenes promote the development of cancer, whereas the tumor suppressor and DNA repair genes have a protective role by respectively inhibiting cell cycle progression and inducing apoptosis, or by repairing DNA damage occurring during the cell cycle. This book discusses the issue of tumor suppressor genes through chapters written by experts using advanced biochemistry, cell, and molecular biology tools. The tumor suppressor genes can be used as markers of risk to identify populations with high risk or targets for cancer treatment and therapeutic resistance. We hope that the work provided in this book will be useful for researchers and students and will increase knowledge of the understanding of cancer and improve its treatment.
Download or read book Cancer For researchers written by Aliasghar Tabatabaei Mohammadi and published by Nobel TM. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1: History Chapter 2: Cancer biology 2.1 cellular and molecular 2.2 Genetics 2.3 Epigenetics 2.4 Metastasis 2.5 Metabolism Chapter 3: Causes 3.1 Chemicals 3.2 Diet and exercise 3.3 Infection 3.4 Radiation 3.5 Heredity 3.6 Physical agents 3.7 Hormones 3.8 Autoimmune diseases Chapter 4: Classification 4.1 Carcinoma 4.2 Sarcoma 4.3 Blastoma 4.4 Lymphoma and leukemia Chapter 5: Treatment 5.1 Chemotherapy 5.2 Radiotherapy 5.3 Surgery 5.4 Immunotherapy Chapter 6: Vaccine
Download or read book Epigenetics in Cancer and Tumor Progression written by Bipradas Roy and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display the traits of uncontrolled growth, invasion, and sometimes metastasis. These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but not all cancer e.g. leukemia.Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but risk for the more common varieties tends to increase with age. Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of the transformed cells. These abnormalities may be due to the effects of carcinogens, such as tobacco smoke, radiation, chemicals, or infectious agents. Other cancer-promoting genetic abnormalities may be randomly acquired through errors in DNA replication or are inherited and thus present in all cells from birth. Complex interactions between carcinogens and the host genome can explain mechanism of cancers develop after exposure to a known carcinogen.This book addresses the biomolecular mechanisms of new aspects of genetics in the initiation of Cancer and progression of Tumor.
Download or read book Epigenetic Regulation and Non histone Post translational Modification in Cancer written by Yan Gong and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
