Viruses and Cancer

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-521-45472-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 321 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Society for General Microbiology Symposia

The past twenty years have seen a steady increase in the number of viruses, of both man and animals, that predispose to the development of cancer. The mechanisms involved are now being elucidated and the means of intervention seem, at least in some instances, close at hand. This volume reviews the current knowledge of oncogenic viruses, their mechanism of action and the prospect for vaccination or therapy. Whilst the emphasis is on viruses of man - papillomaviruses, Epstein Barr Virus, Hepatitis B Virus and Human T cell Leukaemia Virus - the impact of animal studies is recognised by the inclusion of five chapters on oncogenic viruses of animals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minson, A C

Neil, J C

McCrae, M a

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors; Editors' preface; Bovine papilloma virus type; 4: from transcriptional control to control of disease M. S. Campo; Burkitt's lymphona P. J. Farrell and A. J. Sinclair; Towards HPV vaccination A. Altmann; EBV infection and EBV-associated tumours A. B. Rickinson; Cell transformation by human papillomaviruses K. H. Vousden; Lymphoproliferation as a precursor to neoplasia: what is a lymphoma? H. C. Morse III; Bovine leukaemia virus: biology and mode of transformation A. Burny; Transmission and control of feline leukaemia virus infections O. Jarrett; Mechanism of HTLV leukaemogenesis S. A. Steward; Hepatitis B viruses and liver cancer: the woodchuck model M. A. Buendia; HIV and predisposition to cancer I. V. D. Weller; Tumour suppressor genes and p53 D. P. Lane; Hepatitis viruses and liver cancer B. L. Slagle; Viruses and cancer G. Klein; Progression of retrovirus induced rodent T cell lymphomas, and regulation of T cell growth: an insertional mutagenesis based genetic strategy P. B. Tsichlis; Specifically mutated Epstein–Barr virus recombinants: defining the minimal genome for primary B lymphocyte transformation E. Kieff; Index.