Renal cancer : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mydlo, Jack H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2001]
Series:Methods in molecular medicine ; 53.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Introduction
  • Renal cell carcinoma: clinical features and management / Paul Russo
  • Pathology of kidney tumors / David J. Grignon
  • Pt. 2. In vitro experimental techniques
  • Telomerase assay in renal cancer / William W. Zhang, Laurence H. Klotz
  • Comparative genomic hybridization / Joseph C. Presti, Jr.
  • Analyzing the FHIT gene by RT-PCR, western blotting, and immunohistochemistry / Raffaele Baffa ... [et al.]
  • Detection of apoptosis in renal cell carcinoma / Kenneth J. Pienta, Jeffrey F. Williams
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to metaphase and interphase chromosomes / Jill A. Macoska
  • Polymerase chain reaction detection of DNA sequence deletions / Jill A. Macoska
  • Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors / Alexander Kugler, Paul Thelen, Rolf-Hermann Ringert
  • Purification of growth factor mRNA in renal tissues: bFGF-2, FGF-2, TGFα, and EGFR / Jack H. Mydlo
  • Laser-capture microdissection / Greg L. Griewe ... [et al.]
  • Expression of c-met and WT-1 / Leslie Kushner ... [et al.]
  • Molecular analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau disease gene / Allen Chernoff ... [et al.]
  • Experimental models and methods in antibody targeting of renal cell carcinoma / Robert L. Vessella ... [et al.]
  • Pt. 3. In vivo experimental techniques
  • Orthotopic model of renal cell carcinoma / David M. Nanus, Dov Engelstein
  • Murine animal model / Nobuyasu Nishisaka ... [et al.]
  • Angiogenesis assays / Jack H. Mydlo
  • Antiangiogenic approaches to renal cell carcinoma: assays for inhibitors and clinical trials / Steven C. Campbell, Frank K. Reiher, Norman D. Smith
  • Pt. 4. Clinical trials and experiments
  • Interferon alpha, GM-CSF-activated T cells, and IL-6 in renal cell carcinoma / Belur Patel, Arie Belldegrun
  • Immunotherapeutic approach to cancer with cutaneous DNA vaccination / Wilbur B. Browne, William G. Hawkins, Jonathan J. Lewis
  • Monoclonal antibodies: generation and clinical use / Egbert Oosterwijk
  • Treatment strategies in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: cytokines, vaccines, and gene therapy / Peter F. Mulders
  • Assessment of T-cell immune dysfunction in patients with renal cell carcinoma / Robert G. Uzzo ... [et al.]
  • Transforming growth factor-β1 as a novel marker of response to therapy for renal cell carcinoma / Howard L. Adler
  • Static and flow cytometry / Ralph Madeb, Dov Pode, Ofer Nativ.