Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in Cancer Therapy, Volume I: Basic and Clinical Biology

Sonia B. Jakowlew (Curatore)

Humana Press Inc., 2010

Transforming Growth Factor-jl in Cancer Therapy, Volume I: Basicand Clinical Biology The present volume brings together a wealth of information that is fundamental to understanding the roleofTGF-~ in the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. It is not even 25 years sinceTGF-~ was first isolated and characterized as a dimeric pep­ tide from both human and bovine sources (1-3), but the entire fieldofTGF-~ research has grown and expanded so that it is now a central theme in all of cell biology. There is almost no tissue or organ in the mammalian body in whichTGF-~ does not playa central role in embryonic differentiation or in adult function, and furthermore, malfunction of the normal physiologyofTGF-~can have disastrous consequences in almost all ofthese sites. Therefore, the present comprehensive review of so many aspects ofTGF-~ function is a most welcome attempt to bring together a huge body of experimental data that is of the utmost importance in the field of oncology.

• Curatore: Sonia B. Jakowlew
• Editore: Humana Press Inc.
• Collana: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 735 p.
• EAN: 9781617377358

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