Advances in cancer drug targets . Volume 3 / / Atta-ur-Rahman, editor ; contributors Alain J. P. Alix [and thirty seven others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798274803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates : , : Bentham Science Publishers, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-68108-233-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Collana: Advances in Cancer Drug Targets, , 2213-9915 ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 616.994061
• Soggetti: Cancer - Chemotherapy; Drug targeting; Drug delivery systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; PREFACE ; List of Contributors ; Neutrophil Elastase as a Target in Lung Cancer: the State of the Art ; 1. INTRODUCTION: NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE/Α-1ANTITRYPSIN IMBALANCE AS A LINK BETWEEN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND LUNG CANCER; 2. MULTIFACETED FUNCTIONS OF NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE IN LUNG CANCER; 3. ENDEGNENOUS NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE INHIBITORS; 3.1. Proteinaceous Inhibitors; 3.2. Natural Compounds; 3.2.1. Glycosaminoglycans; 3.2.2. Phenolics; 3.2.3. Triterpenoids ; 3.2.4. Fatty Acids and Peptide Derivatives; 4. DESIGN OF DUAL NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE / MMP INHIBITORS; DESIGN OF DUAL HNE-MMP INHIBITORSCONCLUDING REMARKS; ADDITIONAL MATERIAL; 1. Molecular Modeling and Molecular Graphics; 2. Ligand and Receptor Preparation; 3. Docking Protocol; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES; Inhibition of Membrane Complement Inhibitor Expression (CD46, CD55, CD59) by siRNA Sensitizes Tumor Cells to Complement Attack ; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; Cell Culture; SiRNA Sequences; SiRNA Transfection; Flow Cytometry; Complement-mediated Cytotoxicity Assay (CDC); C3-binding Studies; Real-Time RT-PCR; Statistical Analysis; RESULTSDesign of siRNAs Specific for CD46, CD55 and CD59; SiRNA-mediated Downregulation of mCRP Expression; siRNA-mediated Augmentation of Tumor Cell Complement Lysis and Opsonization; Time-course of siRNA-induced mCRP Inhibition; Stable Downregulation of CD59 Using an Hairpin siRNA Expression Vector; DISCUSSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES; Points of Therapeutic Intervention along the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Hepatocellular Carcinoma ; INTRODUCTION; THE WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; Overview of the Wnt Signaling; The Wnt/β-catenin Pathway; Aberrant Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway in HCCTARGETING THE WNT/Β-CATENIN PATHWAY IN HCC; Targeting the Upstream Components; Endogenous Inhibitors of the Ligand/Receptor Complex; Targeting Wnt Ligands and FZD Receptors ; Targeting the Dishevelled Protein; Cellular Trafficking and Targets; Targeting the β-catenin Destruction Complex; Targeting the β-catenin/TCF Transcriptional Complex; Pitfalls in Targeting the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway; CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES; Collaboration of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cells: Sinister Routes for Chemoresistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer INTRODUCTION; PATHOLOGY OF OVARIAN CANCER; TRANSITION FROM EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL PHENOTYPE AND THE PROGRESSION OF CANCER ; EVIDENCE OF EMT IN OVARIAN CANCER; STEM CELLS IN NORMAL OVARIES AND OVARIAN CANCER; SPHERE FORMATION AND THE CANCER STEM CELL PHENOTYPE OF THE OVARY; ASSOCIATION OF EMT AND CSCS: A MERGER FOR POTENTIAL CHEMORESISTANCE IN OVARIAN CANCER; Cisplatin Induced EMT Generates Ovarian Cancer Stem-Like Cells: A Study on the OVCA 433 Cell Line as an Experimental Model