Tight Junctions in Cancer Metastasis

Book Overview

Preface.

1. The molecular aspects of Tight junctions

2. The distribution of tight junctions and junctional proteins in the body

3. Methods to study Tight Junctions

4. Enhanced vascular permeability in solid tumors: A promise for Anticancer Nanomedicine

5.Tight junctions, Junctional Adhesion Molecules (JAMs), and the blood brain barrier.

6. Tight Junctions in human urinary bladder cancer

7. Tight junctions in colorectal cancer

8. Tight Junctions in breast cancer: multifaceted players in tumorigenesis and progression

9.Regulation of tight junctions for therapeutic advantages

10.VEGF-Mediated Effects On Brain Microvascular Endothelial Tight Junctions and Transmigration of Breast Cancer Cells Across The Blood-Brain Barrier

11. Claudin-5 and cancer metastasis

12. Signaling pathways regulating endothelial cell-cell junctions as a barrier to tumor cell metastasis

13. The ROCK signalling pathway and Tight Junctions

Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400798067
• ISBN13: 9789400798069
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"