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Translation and Its Regulation in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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  • Assembles and analyzes a wealth of information from decades of research on the role of dysregulated protein synthesis, translation, in cancer biology
  • Explores the importance of the process of translation and its regulatory mechanisms in physiology and cancer biology
  • Discusses various aspects of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic significance of the translation machinery in cancer
  • Considers existing and novel treatments of cancer, based on targeting of the translation machinery
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
  2. Introduction

    • Armen Parsyan
    Pages 1-3
  3. Translation Machinery in Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Mechanism of Translation in Eukaryotes

      • Nancy Villa, Christopher S. Fraser
      Pages 7-37
    3. Diverse Mechanisms of Translation Regulation and Their Role in Cancer

      • Nancy Villa, Christopher S. Fraser
      Pages 39-71
    4. eIF4E and Its Binding Proteins

      • Nathaniel Robichaud, Nahum Sonenberg
      Pages 73-113
    5. RNA Helicases and Their Cofactors

      • David Shahbazian, Jerry Pelletier, Yuri Svitkin, John W. B. Hershey, Armen Parsyan
      Pages 115-134
    6. PDCD4

      • Hsin-Sheng Yang, Qing Wang, Magdalena M. Bajer, Tobias Schmid
      Pages 135-161
    7. eIF4G

      • Simon D. Wagner, Anne E. Willis, Daniel Beck
      Pages 163-171
    8. eIF3

      • John W. B. Hershey
      Pages 173-194
    9. The eIF2 Complex and eIF2α

      • Bertal H. Aktas, Ting Chen
      Pages 195-221
    10. eIF5A

      • Myung Hee Park, Swati Mandal, Ajeet Mandal, Edith C Wolff
      Pages 223-232
    11. eIF6

      • Stefano Biffo, Daniela Brina, Stefania Oliveto
      Pages 233-240
    12. Translation Elongation

      • Bruna Scaggiante, Barbara Dapas, Rossella Farra, Federica Tonon, Michela Abrami, Mario Grassi et al.
      Pages 241-265
    13. Ribosomes

      • Sara Ricciardi, Fabrizio Loreni
      Pages 267-278
    14. Current and Emerging Therapies Targeting Translation

      • Gabriela Galicia-Vázquez, Jerry Pelletier
      Pages 279-304
  4. Regulation of Translation by Signaling Pathways in Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
    2. mTOR and Regulation of Translation

      • Yoshinori Tsukumo, Mathieu Laplante, Armen Parsyan, Davide Ruggero, Bruno Fonseca
      Pages 307-343
    3. Ribosomal Protein S6 and S6 Kinases

      • Mario Pende, Caroline Treins
      Pages 345-362
    4. eIF4E Phosphorylation Downstream of MAPK Pathway

      • Luc Furic, Emma Beardsley, Ivan Topisirovic
      Pages 363-374

About this book

This book, for the first time, comprehensively assembles and analyzes a large body of information on the role of the fundamental mechanism of the protein biosynthesis pathway, translation, in cancer biology. It systematically explores the function of the translation machinery and its regulation, including cell signaling, in the development, maintenance and progression of human cancer. The work presented here unveils the tremendous potential and applications of this vast and exciting branch of genetic, biochemical and molecular science in cancer medicine and drug development.

Chapters contributed by experts in the field take the reader on a journey that starts with a dissection of the translation machinery and its regulation in norm and cancer. Later chapters characterize etiological and pathogenetic roles that translation plays in specific cancer types. Various aspects of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic significance of the translation machinery and its control in cancer are discussed. Readers will discover the importance of the process of translation and its regulatory mechanisms in physiology and cancer biology.

The chapters and the numerous illustrations included here were contributed by expert scientists and clinicians from renowned academic and clinical establishments in Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Australia.

The book conveys information and knowledge that may interest a broad range of students and scholars ranging from basic scientists to clinicians and drug developers seeking to better understand the protein synthesis and its aberrations in cancer biology and cancer medicine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Armen Parsyan

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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