Overview
- First Tight Junction & Cancer Metastasis book
- Information on a wide range of cancer types
- Information of tight junction proteins
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment (CMBT)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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About this book
There has been a dramatic increase in knowledge of tight junctions in the past decade. The molecular structure of tight junctions, cellular functions and the pathophysiological roles of tight junctions are becoming clear. Of the most important functions, the role of the cellular structure in cancer spread and drug delivery are increasingly realised. It is now clear that there are fundamental changes to tight junctions during the process of cancer development. Tight junctions are also critical to the metastatic process of cancer cells. The cellular structure is also crucial in drug therapies, namely, the permeability and bioavailability of the drugs, penetration of barriers such as the blood brain barrier. This current volume aims to summarise the current knowledge of tight junctions, their role in cancer and cancer metastasis and is of interest to scientists and clinicians.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tight Junctions in Cancer Metastasis
Editors: Tracey A. Martin, Wen G. Jiang
Series Title: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6028-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6027-1Published: 09 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9806-9Published: 11 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6028-8Published: 26 February 2013
Series ISSN: 1568-2102
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1648
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 313
Topics: Biomedicine general, Cancer Research, Oncology, Cell Biology, Membrane Biology