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Record Nr.

UNINA9910719772503321

Titolo

Genetic and Epigenetic Regulations of Tumor Progression and Metastasis / / Bozena Smolkova, Julie Earl, Agapi Kataki, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2023

ISBN

3-0365-7184-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Disciplina

616.994059

Soggetti

Chemotherapy

Tumors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Genetic aberrations and epigenetic modifications are critical drivers of cancer progression and metastasis. Although recurrent mutations in primary and metastatic cancers have been shown to be concordant, there are several metastasis-associated mutations responsible for resistance to specific therapies that are frequently located in genes that regulate DNA methylation and chromatin modifications. Recent studies have shown that distinct subgroups of poor-prognosis tumors lack genetic alterations but are epigenetically regulated, pointing to the critical role of epigenetic modifications in cancer progression. This Special Issue provides novel insights into the mechanisms underlying processes associated with cancer cell plasticity and the development of metastatic disease.