Research Catalog

Title

Cancer epigenetics / edited by Trygve Tollefsbol.

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Tollefsbol, Trygve O.

Description

xvi, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 27 cm

Subjects

• Cancer > Genetic aspects
• Neoplasms > genetics
• DNA > Methylation
• Histones > metabolism
• Post-translational modification
• DNA Methylation
• Epigenesis
• Epigenesis, Genetic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Role of Epigenetics in Cancer / Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Pt. I. DNA Methylation and Cancer -- Ch. 2. DNA Hypomethylation in Cancer / Peter L. Molloy -- Ch. 3. DNA Hypermethylation and Oncogenesis / J. Tyson DeAngelis, Joel B. Berletch, Lucy G. Andrews and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Ch. 4. Imprinting Alterations in Tumorigenesis / Jeremiah Bernier-Latmani and Phillip Shaw -- Ch. 5. Proteins That Modulate DNA Methylation Aberrations in Cancer / Sabrina L. Walthall, Sharla M. O. Phipps, Lucy G. Andrews and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Ch. 6. Role of DNA Methylation in Cancer Progression / Sang-Woon Choi and Simonetta Friso -- Pt. II. Histone Modifications in Cancer -- Ch. 7. Alterations in Histone Acetylation in Tumorigenesis / Sabita N. Saldanha and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Ch. 8. Histone Methylation and the Initiation of Cancer / Shi Huang -- Ch. 9. Role of Sirtuius in Aging and Tumorigenesis / Xiaohong Zhang, Tung I. Hsieh, Santo V. Nicosia and Wenlong Bai -- Ch. 10. Proteins That Alter Histone Modifications in Cancer / Ada Ao and Jianrong Lu -- Ch. 11. Dietary and Environmental Influences on Histone Modifications in Cancer / Sabita N. Saldanha, Vijayalakshmi Nandakumar, Ada Elgavish and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Pt. III. Other Epigenetic Aspects of Cancer -- Ch. 12. Noncoding RNAs in Cancer / Maciej Szymanski and Jan Barciszewski -- Ch. 13. Cancer-Linked DNA Hypermethylation and Hypomethylation: Chromosome Position Effects / Melanie Ehrlich -- Ch. 14. Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer / Sari Pennings and Richard R. Meehan -- Ch. 15. Poly-ADP-Ribosylation in Cancer / Rajeshwar Nath Sharan -- Ch. 16. Polycomb Group Proteins in Tumorigenesis / Hanneke E. C. Niessen and Jan Willem Voncken -- Ch. 17. Cancer and Aging: The Epigenetic Connection / Craig A. Cooney -- Pt. IV. Epigenetics in the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy of Cancer -- Ch. 18. DNA Methylation in Tumor Diagnosis / Kavitha Ramachandran, Edna Gordian and Rakesh Singal -- Ch. 19. DNA Methylation Profiles as Prognostic Markers for Cancer / Sam Thiagalingam and Panagiotis Papageorgis -- Ch. 20. Diagnosing Cancer Using Histone Modification Analysis / Mukesh Verma and Deepak Kumar -- Ch. 21. Histone Modifications in Cancer Biology and Prognosis / Matthew A. McBrian, David B. Seligson and Siavash K. Kurdistani -- Ch. 22. Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy / Aaron M. Sargeant, Samuel K. Kulp, Yen-Shen Lu, Ann-Lii Cheng and Ching-Shih Chen -- Ch. 23. Methylation Changes in Neoplasia: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications / Eleftheria Hatzimichael, Justin Stebbing and Tim Crook -- Ch. 24. Clinical Trials and Approved Drugs for Epigenetic Cancer Therapy / Debby M. E. I. Hellebrekers and Manon van Engeland -- Pt. V. Future Directions -- Ch. 25. Future Directions in Epigenetic Cancer Research / Jacob Peedicayil.

ISBN

• 9781420045796 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1420045792 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008012865

OCLC

• ocn214299970
• 214299970
• SCSB-8857361

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries