The Role of Sphingolipids in Cancer Development and Therapy

Volume 117
Herausgegeben:Norris, James S.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This thematic volume looks at "The Role of Sphingolipids in Cancer Development and Therapy"

Produktdetails

• Advances in Cancer Research Volume 117
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2011-0-06241-5
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 607g
• ISBN-13: 9780123942746
• ISBN-10: 0123942748
• Artikelnr.: 36539281

Inhaltsangabe

1. Therapeutic potential of targeting SK1 in human cancers
2. Natural products as platforms for the design of sphingolipid derived anticancer agents
3. Hypoxia, therapeutic resistance and sphingosine 1-phosphate
4. Use of acid sphingomyelinase for cancer therapy
5. Diverse functions of ceramide on cancer cell death and proliferation
6. Sphingosine kinase and cancer
7. Ceramide glycosylation catalyzed by glucosylceramide synthase and cancer drug resistance
8. Interdiction of sphingolipid metabolism to improve standard of care cancer therapies