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Targeting Autophagy in Cancer Therapy

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  • Focuses solely on autophagy as a target in cancer therapy, for the first time
  • Covers a wide range of topics such as autophagy as a therapeutic target in cancer, autophagy modulators as cancer therapeutic agents, implications of micro-RNA-regulated autophagy in cancer therapy, modulation of autophagy through targeting PI3 kinase in cancer therapy, targeting autophagy in cancer stem cells, roles of autophagy in cancer immunotherapy
  • Provides an invaluable resource for basic and clinical scientists, including cancer biologists, autophagy researchers, pharmacologists, and clinical oncologists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Cancer Research (CUCR)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Autophagy as a Therapeutic Target in Cancer

    • Jenny Mae Samson, Andrew Thorburn
    Pages 1-16
  3. Autophagy in Cancer Cells vs. Cancer Tissues: Two Different Stories

    • Chi Zhang, Tao Sheng, Sha Cao, Samira Issa-Boube, Tongyu Tang, Xiwen Zhu et al.
    Pages 17-38
  4. Role of Autophagy in Tumor Progression and Regression

    • Bassam Janji, Salem Chouaib
    Pages 117-131
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 133-141

About this book

This volume will detail the current state and perspectives of autophagy-based cancer therapy.  Covering a wide range of topics, it will include an overview of autophagy as a therapeutic target in cancer, autophagy modulators as cancer therapeutic agents, implications of micro-RNA-regulated autophagy in cancer therapy, modulation of autophagy through targeting PI3 kinase in cancer therapy, targeting autophagy in cancer stem cells, and roles of autophagy in cancer immunotherapy.  In addition, the volume will review applications of system biology and bioinformatics approaches to discovering cancer therapeutic targets in the autophagy regulatory network.  

The volume will be beneficial for a variety of basic and clinical scientists, including cancer biologists, autophagy researchers, pharmacologists, and clinical oncologists who wish to delve more deeply into this field of cancer research.

This volume will be the first book to focus solely on autophagy as a target in cancer therapy. As well, it will comprehensively discuss the roles of autophagy in most currently available cancer treatments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, USA

    Jin-Ming Yang

About the editor

Jin-Ming Yang is a Professor of Pharmacology at College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Targeting Autophagy in Cancer Therapy

  • Editors: Jin-Ming Yang

  • Series Title: Current Cancer Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42740-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42738-6Published: 09 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82651-6Published: 14 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42740-9Published: 02 September 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2199-2584

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-2592

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 141

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cancer Research

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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