Overview
- Provides the latest research on both extracellular matrix and cancer biology topics
- Covers the different roles elastin, decorin, syndecan-1, versican, lipoproteins, brevican, and thrombospondin have in the tumor microenvironment
- Illustrates the influence chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans have in the tumor microencironment
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1272)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Taken alongside its companion volumes, Tumor Microenvironment: Extracellular Matrix Components – Part B updates us on what we know about the different aspects of the tumor microenvironment, as well as apprises us on the future advances in the field. For the newest generation of researchers, this volume serves as a useful introduction to the history of scientists’ focus on the tumor microenvironment, and explores how this knowledge is currently applied in cancer treatments. The book is an essential text for advanced cell biology and cancer biology students, as well as for scientists seeking an update on the developments in tumor microenvironment research.
All of the chapters authors are renowned international experts in the field of cancer biology, and in the specific subfields that are the focus of their chapters.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Alexander Birbrair received his Bachelor’s Biomedical degree from Santa Cruz State University in Brazil. He moved to North Carolina, where he finished his PhD in Neuroscience under the mentorship of Osvaldo Delbono. Then, he joined as a posdoc in Stem Cell Biology at Paul Frenette’s laboratory at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. In 2016, he was appointed faculty at Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, where he started his own lab. His laboratory is interested in understanding how the cellular components of different tissues function and control disease progression. His group explores the roles of specific cell populations in the tissue microenvironment by using state-of-the-art techniques. His research is funded by the Serrapilheira Institute, CNPq, CAPES, and FAPEMIG. In 2018, Alexander was elected affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), and, in 2019, he was elected member of the Global Young Academy (GYA). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Current Tissue Microenvironment Reports, and associate editor of Molecular Biotechnology. Alexander also serves in the editorial board of several other international journals: Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cells and Development, and Histology and Histopathology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tumor Microenvironment
Book Subtitle: Extracellular Matrix Components – Part B
Editors: Alexander Birbrair
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48457-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48456-9Published: 27 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48459-0Published: 27 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48457-6Published: 26 August 2020
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 178
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Cell Biology