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Book Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Like Cells  CSC      The Current State of the Art

Download or read book Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Like Cells CSC The Current State of the Art written by Cyril Corbet and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Like Cells  CSC    The Current State of the Art

Download or read book Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Like Cells CSC The Current State of the Art written by Cyril Corbet and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Book Stem Cell Therapeutics for Cancer

Download or read book Stem Cell Therapeutics for Cancer written by Khalid Shah and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stem Cell Therapeutics for Cancer covers the application of stem cells in various cancers, with an emphasis on the aspects of these strategies that are critical to the success of future stem cell-based therapies for cancer. Topics covered in the book include stem cell sources, tumor specificity, targeted therapeutics, visualizing the stem cell, and therapeutic agent pharmacokinetics. Each chapter contains a brief introduction to the cancer, followed by an exploration of how engineered stem cells have been utilized to cure the disease in mouse models and in early phase clinical trials. Comprises of sections on stem cell therapy in brain cancers, lung cancers, breast cancers, as well as stem cells in combination with other therapies Focuses on the practical applications of using stem cells as gene delivery agents to treat cancer Includes coverage of cutting-edge molecular imaging techniques in stem cell therapeutics for a variety of tumour types

Book Cancer Stem Cells  Basic Concept and Therapeutic Implications

Download or read book Cancer Stem Cells Basic Concept and Therapeutic Implications written by Farhadul Islam and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively reviews the role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in cancer initiation, progression, and resistance to anticancer therapies. The initial chapters examine the methods and procedure of the detection, isolation, and characterization of CSCs. It also introduces various epigenetic pathways that contribute to cancer initiation and tumorigenesis, particularly regarding the maintenance and survival of CSCs. It also explores the role of CSCs metabolism and the mechanisms of metabolic plasticity of CSCs in cancer biology. Further, it also presents the implications of CSCs on the origin of tumor heterogeneity and on heterogeneity of the therapeutic response. Towards the end, this book highlights the different immunotherapeutic approaches targeting CSCs with the potential of strongly improving cancer outcomes. This book offers a broad framework to scientists and clinicians into the state-of-the-art knowledge on cancer stem cell biology and highlights their therapeutic implications. ​

Book Cancer Stem Cell Resistance to Targeted Therapy

Download or read book Cancer Stem Cell Resistance to Targeted Therapy written by Cristina Maccalli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an up-dated summary of the state of the art of the characterization of cancer stem cell/ cancer initiating cell (CSC/CIC) properties. An overview of the definition and biological properties of CSCs/CICs as well as the role of these cells in determining the resistance to standard and immune-based therapies is provided. It also discusses limitations in the achievement of a definitive biological characterization of CSCs/CICs due to their high extent of plasticity and heterogeneity that is also mutually driven by the interaction of these cells with the tumor microenvironment. The limitations in targeting CSCs/CICs with immunotherapy are also explained together with explorative combination approaches that could increase the susceptibility of these cells to the recognition by immune cells. This book is conceived for a broad audience, including students, teachers, scientific experts. The critical revision of available results in terms of immunological profile of CSCs/CICs and the efficacy in targeting these cells by immunological approaches, results in a comprehensive and up to date recapitulation of the field and provides interesting suggestions on how to focus future investigations in order to assess the role of CSCs/CICs as prognostic and predictive biomarkers of responsiveness to therapies for cancer patients.

Book Cancer Stem Cells

    Book Details:
  • Author : William L. Farrar
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2009-08-24
  • ISBN : 1139483617
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Cancer Stem Cells written by William L. Farrar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable paradigm shift has occurred in recent years regarding the biological origins of cancer. The cancer stem cell hypothesis challenged the foundational notions of cancer, and the therapeutic implications have been profound. Compelling evidence indicates that errors in the development of a small subset of adult stem cells can lead to cancer. Only this small sub-population of cells has the inherent ability to form tumours and metastasize. This book discusses the emerging field of cancer stem cell research, with contributions from leading experts on the basic biology, genetic pathways, and potentials for therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cells. It also covers clinical challenges for these new discoveries, namely, that cancer stem cells might be resistant to conventional chemotherapeutic and radiological treatments and may be at the biological core of relapse and therapeutic resistance. This book is an essential concise guide to the latest discoveries and therapies in cancer research.

Book Cancer Stem Cells

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  • Author : Sharmila A. Bapat
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2008-10-03
  • ISBN : 0470391561
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Cancer Stem Cells written by Sharmila A. Bapat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because the concept and discoveries of cancer stem cells are relatively new, scientists and researchers need an introduction to this dynamic area. Cancer Stem Cells presents a consolidated account of the research done to date and recent progresses in the studies of cancer stem cells. Such a presentation facilitates a better understanding of and draws attention to stem cell and cancer biology - two fields that enhance, move, and evolve into each other continuously. It provides an informative study in designing approaches to apply stem cell principles to cancer biology while offering an overview of the challenges in developing combination stem and cancer biology targets for therapeutics. This book serves as a primer for new researchers in the field of cancer biology.

Book Cancer Stem Cells  Emerging Concepts and Future Perspectives in Translational Oncology

Download or read book Cancer Stem Cells Emerging Concepts and Future Perspectives in Translational Oncology written by Sadegh Babashah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of cancer stem cells has great clinical implications. This is due to the fact that small subpopulations of these cells have been identified in a variety of neoplastic conditions ranging from solid tumors to liquid malignancies. Although there are some huge gaps in our current understanding of the role played by cancer stem cells in cancer biology, a growing body of evidence provides strong support for the principal functions of these cells in tumorigenesis. This has represented the potential of cancer stem cells in the development of novel and innovative tools for the treatment of metastatic tumors. This book aims to offer a broad framework for obtaining insight into the state-of-the-art knowledge on cancer stem cell biology and highlight the therapeutic implications of these cells in the future of clinical oncology.

Book Role of Cancer Stem Cells in Cancer Biology and Therapy

Download or read book Role of Cancer Stem Cells in Cancer Biology and Therapy written by Thomas Dittmar and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the latest findings about the role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in cancer biology and how this knowledge could be used for novel anticancer therapies. It provides an overview of CSCs in selected malignancies with particular emphasis on hematopoietic neoplasias. It then reviews the role of CSCs in metastasis formation and initiation of cancer relapses. It also examines the dark side of cancer therapy such as conventional cancer therapies that may lead to the origin of recurrence CSCs. Finally, it supplies a brief overview of current concepts that may allow for a selective eradication of CSCs.

Book Stem Cells     From Hype to Real Hope

Download or read book Stem Cells From Hype to Real Hope written by Khawaja Husnain Haider and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of the bench experience of leading experts from various research labs involved in the cutting edge area of research. The authors describe the use of stem cells both as part of the combinatorial therapeutic intervention approach and as tools (disease model) during drug development, highlighting the shift from a conventional symptomatic treatment strategy to addressing the root cause of the disease process. The book is a continuum of the previously published book entitled "Stem Cells: from Drug to Drug Discovery" which was published in 2017.

Book The Cancer Stem Cell Niche

Download or read book The Cancer Stem Cell Niche written by Susie Nilsson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cancer Stem Cell Niche, Volume Five in the Advances in Stem Cells and their Niches series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the bone marrow microenvironment, Stem cell niches in bone and their roles in cancer metastasis, The role of vasculature in cancer stem cell niches, The lung cancer stem cell niche, The prostate cancer stem cell niche: Genetic drivers and therapeutic approaches, Impact of prostate cancer stem cell niches on prostate cancer tumorigenesis and progression, The testicular cancer stem cell niche. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Advances in Stem Cells and their Niches series Includes the latest information on the Cancer Stem Cell Niche

Book Therapeutic Targeting of Chemotherapy resistant Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells with P73  and TRAIL based Small Molecules

Download or read book Therapeutic Targeting of Chemotherapy resistant Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells with P73 and TRAIL based Small Molecules written by Varun Prabhu and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors contain a rare population of self-renewing stem cell-like cells (CRCSCs) that contribute to tumor maintenance and therapy resistance. Therapeutic targeting of CRCSCs could improve treatment response and prolong patient survival. The endogenous TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) protein selectively induces cell death in cancer cells while sparing normal cells. Small molecule ONC201/TIC10 induces TRAIL-mediated cell death in cancer cells via transcription factor Foxo3a, which is activated by dual inhibition of Akt and ERK. ONC201/TIC10 is currently being tested in phase I/II clinical trials for patients with advanced cancer. This study investigates whether the potent anti-tumor effect of ONC201/TIC10 in CRC involves targeting CRCSCs. ONC201/TIC10 depletes CRCSC markers and prevents chemotherapy-resistant CRCSC-mediated self-renewal in colonosphere assays and xenograft tumor initiation studies in mice. ONC201/TIC10 significantly induces cell surface TRAIL in CRCSCs. ONC201/TIC10-mediated anti-CRCSC effect is significantly blocked by the TRAIL sequestering antibody RIK-2, overexpression of Akt and Foxo3a knockdown. The identification and demonstration of CRCSCs as a target of ONC201/TIC10 provides an innovative biomarker that could be monitored in the clinic. Tumor suppressor p53 is frequently mutated or inactivated in CRC. In contrast, p53 family member p73 is rarely mutated in CRC and p73 activation elicits p53-like tumor suppression. p53 restoration is known to target CRCSCs, but p73 restoration in CRCSCs has not been examined. This study investigates the effects of small molecule prodigiosin-mediated p73 activation on CRCSCs. Prodigiosin reduces chemotherapy-resistant CRCSC-mediated colonosphere formation and xenograft tumor initiation. Mechanistic studies reveal that prodigiosin increases the levels of p73 and reduces levels of the oncogenic N-terminally truncated isoform [delta]Np73 in CRCSCs. Accordingly, p73 knockdown or [delta]Np73 overexpression suppress prodigiosin-mediated CRCSC inhibition. Moreover, prodigiosin increases levels of the transcription factor c-Jun, a regulator of p73 and [delta]Np73. c-Jun knockdown attenuates prodigiosin-mediated [delta]Np73 downregulation, p73 activation and cell death. These findings have previously unrecognized implications for the use of p73 activating therapeutics and [delta]Np73 inhibition for targeting CRCSCs. Together, these results demonstrate that potent small molecules targeting CRCSCs via tumor suppressive pathways such as p73 and TRAIL are a viable potential approach for robust and durable cancer therapy.

Book The Heterogeneity of Cancer Metabolism

Download or read book The Heterogeneity of Cancer Metabolism written by Anne Le and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic alterations in cancer, in addition to being the fundamental drivers of tumorigenesis, can give rise to a variety of metabolic adaptations that allow cancer cells to survive and proliferate in diverse tumor microenvironments. This metabolic flexibility is different from normal cellular metabolic processes and leads to heterogeneity in cancer metabolism within the same cancer type or even within the same tumor. In this book, we delve into the complexity and diversity of cancer metabolism, and highlight how understanding the heterogeneity of cancer metabolism is fundamental to the development of effective metabolism-based therapeutic strategies. Deciphering how cancer cells utilize various nutrient resources will enable clinicians and researchers to pair specific chemotherapeutic agents with patients who are most likely to respond with positive outcomes, allowing for more cost-effective and personalized cancer therapeutic strategies.

Book Oxford Textbook of Oncology

Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Oncology written by David J. Kerr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 2837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and edited by internationally recognised leaders in the field, the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Oncology has been fully revised and updated, taking into consideration the advancements in each of the major therapeutic areas, and representing the multidisciplinary management of cancer. Structured in six sections, the book provides an accessible scientific basis to the key topics of oncology, examining how cancer cells grow and function, as well as discussing the aetiology of cancer, and the general principles governing modern approaches to oncology treatment. The book examines the challenges presented by the treatment of cancer on a larger scale within population groups, and the importance of recognising and supporting the needs of individual patients, both during and after treatment. A series of disease-oriented, case-based chapters, ranging from acute leukaemia to colon cancer, highlight the various approaches available for managing the cancer patient, including the translational application of cancer science in order to personalise treatment. The advice imparted in these cases has relevance worldwide, and reflects a modern approach to cancer care. The Oxford Textbook of Oncology provides a comprehensive account of the multiple aspects of best practice in the discipline, making it an indispensable resource for oncologists of all grades and subspecialty interests.

Book Glioblastoma  State of the Art and Future Perspectives

Download or read book Glioblastoma State of the Art and Future Perspectives written by Ghazaleh Tabatabai and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glioblastoma is an aggressive incurable primary tumor of the central nervous system. Median overall survival is in the range of 1.5 years even in selected clinical trials populations. Many features contribute to this therapeutic challenge including high intratumoral and intertumoral heterogeneity, resistance to therapy, migration and invasion, immunosuppression. With the access of novel highthroughput technologies, significant progress has been made to understand molecular and immunological signatures underlying the pathology of glioblastoma. Clinical trial designs have shifted from investigating broad “one-for-all” treatment approaches to precision oncology designs. The collection of contributions in this book aim at providing researchers and clinicians an update on different aspects of glioblastoma, i.e. progress in basic, preclinical and clinical research.

Book Hypoxia and Cancer Metastasis

Download or read book Hypoxia and Cancer Metastasis written by Daniele M. Gilkes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is an attempt to provide a detailed review of studies that clarify our current understanding of the role of hypoxia in the progression of primary cancer to metastatic disease. It will enable researchers to discover the critical cellular changes that occur under hypoxic conditions and play a role in metastatic dissemination, from the activation of hypoxia-inducible factors, HIF-1 and HIF-2, to the transcriptional profile changes that occur in cancer cells and promote cancer cell survival under detrimental conditions. Readers will discover the methods and challenges involved in imaging and quantifying the degree of hypoxia in a primary tumor. We will provide an understanding of the hypoxia-induced phenotypes that influence heterogeneity, alter the secretome and tumor microenvironment, modify cellular metabolism, and promote immune suppression and resistance to chemotherapy. Finally, we will uncover the therapeutic strategies that are being devised to target the hypoxic microenvironment in the hopes of preventing metastasis and improving the efficacy of standard-of-care cancer treatments. This work is an up to date source of information on the challenges and complexity of the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Basic and translational scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and those interested in how tumors metastasize will find this book a reference that details how hypoxia influences metastatic disease.

Book Killing Cancer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tuula Kallunki
  • Publisher : MDPI
  • Release : 2020-11-17
  • ISBN : 3039434403
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Killing Cancer written by Tuula Kallunki and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the efficiency of current cancer treatments, cancer is still a deadly disease for too many. In 2008, 7.6 million people died of cancer; with the current development, it is estimated that the annual cancer death number will grow to 13 million by 2030. There is clearly a need for not only more research but also more innovative and out of the mainstream scientific ideas to discover and develop even better cancer treatments. This book presents the collective works published in the recent Special Issue entitled “Killing Cancer: Discovery and Selection of New Target Molecules”. These articles comprise a selection of studies, ideas, and opinions that aim to facilitate knowledge, thoughts, and discussion about which biological and molecular mechanisms in cancer we should target and how we should target them.