Cancer Biology
The process of carcinogenesis involves a number of changes in cellular phenotype, which are largely based on acquired genetic changes in cells that are not terminally differentiated. The ability of cancer cells to grow and their failure to respond to the usual controls on such proliferation are obvious features, but they also evade cell death and most have no limits on their ability to replicate beyond the limits imposed by telomere length in normal cells. In addition, they are able to stimulate the formation of blood vessels to ensure a steady supply of oxygen and nutrients, and to invade normal tissues, sometimes subverting the normal processes within those tissues. Finally, it has become increasingly apparent that cancer cells undergo a process of selection which renders the immune system ineffective. Some of these characteristics are retained by cells in culture, and an understanding of the biological properties of cancer cells will assist in the design of experiments and the interpretation of their results.
- Direct Analysis for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Mutations
- Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase as a Major Player in the Oncogenic Transformation of Inflamed Tissue
- Humanized Model to Study Leukemic Stem Cells
- An Overview: From Discovery of Candidate Mutations to Disease Modeling and Transformation Mechanisms of Acute Leukemia
- Detection of Apoptosis in Ovarian Cells In Vitro and In Vivo Using the Annexin V-Affinity Assay
- MRI and MRS of Human Brain Tumors
- In Vivo Models of Human Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis
- Use of Nucleotide Excision Repair-Deficient Mice as a Model For Chemically Induced Lung Cancer
- In Vitro Functional Study of miR-126 in Leukemia
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