Prognostic and Therapeutic Applications of RKIP in Cancer

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-819612-0
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1110 g

Prognostic and Therapeutic Applications of RKIP in Cancer provides updated reviews on the chemistry, signaling, pre-clinical and clinical activities, and role of RKIP expression levels for diagnostics, prognosis and potential interventions. The development of novel compounds and conjugates that selectively induce RKIP expression in cancer open a novel era of new therapeutics and their potential in the treatment of highly resistant cancers and metastases. Edited and written by internationally renowned experts in the field of novel therapeutics for cancer, this book is a valuable source for cancer researchers, medical scientists, clinicians, clinical pharmacologists, and graduate students.

Zielgruppe

cancer researchers, medical scientists, clinicians, graduate students

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bonavida, Benjamin

Baritaki, Stavroula

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Biochemical, molecular and genetic regulations of RKIP expression 2. Post-translational modifications of RKIP and consequences 3. Molecular signals and cross talks regulated by RKIP 4. Molecular mechanisms that regulate metastasis by RKIP 5. Molecular mechanisms that regulate apoptotic pathways by RKIP 6. In vivo tumor models examining RKIP anti-tumor activities 7. Diagnostic and prognostic roles mediated by RKIP expression levels

Über Autor(innen)

Bonavida, Benjamin
Dr Bonavida has vast expertise and various reported publications in the field of tumor cell sensitization to chemotherapy (a total of greater than 500 publications) and in particular the novel role of Nitric Oxide (NO) donors in chemo-sensitization and reversal of drug resistance. In addition, he was the first scientist to co-organize an international meeting on the topic (First International Workshop on NO and Cancer, 2005).

Baritaki, Stavroula
Stavroula Baritaki's, PhD, is currently Professor in Experimental Oncology at the University of Greece,. Her areas of expertise include the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in tumour cell therapeutic resistance and acquisition of a metastatic phenotype. Her studies have revealed novel gene products, including Raf-1 Kinase inhibitory protein (RKIP),. Followed by further studies on the epigenetic and post-translational regulation of RKIP in many cancer types, her overall findings have firstly suggested the RKIP downregulation in cancer cells as a putative gene signature of tumor chemo/immune-resistance and EMT with prognostic and therapeutic significance in an individualized basis. On this context, Dr. Baritaki has extended her research interests in identifying novel agents that through RKIP induction are able to inhibit EMT or improve either the host immunosurveillance and/or the efficacy of anti-tumor therapies, especially if they are combined with conventional immuno-stimulatory or chemotherapeutic regimens. Most of these agents are currently under clinical trials.