Cancer epigenetics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tollefsbol, Trygve O.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The role of epigenetics in cancer
  • DNA hypomethylation in cancer
  • DNA hypermethylation in oncogenesis
  • Imprinting alterations in tumorigenesis
  • Proteins that modulate DNA methylation aberrations in cancer
  • The role of DNA methylation in cancer progression
  • Alterations in histone acetylation in tumorigenesis
  • Histone methylation and the initiation of cancer
  • The role of sirtuins in aging and tumorigenesis
  • Proteins that alter histone modifications in cancer
  • Dietary and environmental influences on histone modifications in cancer
  • Noncoding RNAs in cancer
  • Cancer-linked DNA hyper- and hypomethylation : chromosome positional effects
  • Chromatin remodeling and cancer
  • Poly-ADP-ribosylation in cancer
  • Polycomb group proteins in tumorigenesis
  • Cancer and aging : the epigenetic connection
  • DNA methylation in tumor diagnosis
  • DNA methylation profiles as prognostic markers for cancer
  • Diagnosing cancer using histone modification analysis
  • Histone modifications in cancer biology and prognosis
  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors in cancer therapy
  • Methylation changes in neoplasia : diagnostic and therapeutic implications
  • Clinical trials and approved drugs for epigenetic cancer therapy
  • Future directions in epigenetic cancer research