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Hsp90 in Cancer: Beyond the Usual Suspects
1st Edition, Volume 129 - February 22, 2016
Editors: Jennifer Isaacs, Luke Whitesell
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780128022900
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eBook ISBN:9780128024836
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Hsp90 in Cancer: Beyond the Usual Suspects, the latest volume in the Advances in Cancer Research series, focuses on the multifunctional molecular chaperone Hsp90 which regulat…Read more
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Hsp90 in Cancer: Beyond the Usual Suspects, the latest volume in the Advances in Cancer Research series, focuses on the multifunctional molecular chaperone Hsp90 which regulates the post-translational stability and function of a broad repertoire of client proteins and discusses some of the lesser-known aspects of how Hsp90 and its related family members enable oncogenic transformation and malignant progression.
Focuses on the multifunctional molecular chaperone Hsp90 which regulates the post-translational stability and function of a broad repertoire of client proteins
Highlights the rapidly evolving understanding of the fundamental roles of Hsp90 in cancer biology
Discusses the lesser-known aspects of how Hsp90 and its related family members enable oncogenic transformation and malignant progression
The information in this volume will be of interest to a broad range of basic and translational scientists, not only in the relatively narrow field of protein folding/biochemistry, but in other areas of cancer biology and clinical oncology.
1. Unusual Suspects in the Twilight Zone between the Hsp90 Interactome and Carcinogenesis Evangelia Vartholomaiou, Pablo C. Echeverría and Didier Picard
2. Impact of Post-translational Modifications on the Anticancer Activity of Hsp90 Inhibitors Mark R. Woodford, Diana Dunn, Jonelle B. Miller,Sami Jamal, Len Neckers and Mehdi Mollapour
3. Anticancer Inhibitors of Hsp90 Function: Beyond the Usual Suspects Gaurav Garg, Anuj Khandelwal and Brian S. J. Blagg
4. HSP90 in Cancer: Transcriptional Roles in the Nucleus S. K. Calderwood and L. Neckers
5. Hsp90 as a ‘Chaperone’ of the Epigenome: Insights and Opportunities for Cancer Therapy Jennifer S. Isaacs
6. Emerging Roles of Extracellular Hsp90 in Cancer Daniel Senh Wong and Daniel G. Jay
7. GRP94/gp96 in Cancer: Biology, Structure, Immunology and Drug Development Bill X Wu, Feng Hong, Yongliang Zhang, Ephraim Ansa-Addo and Zihai Li
8. HSP90 and Immune Modulation in Cancer Michael W. Graner
9. Hsp90: A Global Regulator of the Genotype-To-Phenotype Map in Cancers Daniel Jarosz
No. of pages: 288
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 129
Published: February 22, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780128022900
eBook ISBN: 9780128024836
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Jennifer Isaacs
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Luke Whitesell
Luke Whitesell is a pediatric oncologist and senior research scientist at the Whitehead Institute. His clinical interests lie in the treatment of children with recurrent, refractory solid tumors. His laboratory efforts focus on the discovery and pre-clinical development of new anticancer drugs that target heat-shock proteins and the cellular heat-shock response. These ancient adaptive mechanisms act genome-wide to restore the normal protein folding environment within cells and enhance the survival of organisms under stress. In contrast to such well-recognized beneficial effects, however, they also enable cells to accommodate the drastic imbalances in signaling and profound alterations in DNA, protein and energy metabolism that occur in cancers. In essence, the malignant lifestyle confers a profound dependence on these “non-oncogenes”, strongly supporting the feasibility of targeting them to more effectively treat cancers. Building on these basic insights and the surprising ways in which HSP90 supports the evolution of new abilities in model organisms, a major goal of his current work is to test the idea that inhibiting HSP90 function can delay or prevent the evolution of a very undesirable trait in cancers, namely the acquisition of high level resistance to current chemotherapies.
Luke pursued graduate work in pharmacology at Cambridge University prior to completing medical training at Johns Hopkins University and residency at Boston Children’s Hospital. After fellowship training at the National Cancer Institute he joined the University of Arizona where he was Professor of Pediatric Oncology in the College of Medicine prior to taking his current position at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, MA.
Affiliations and expertise
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA
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