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- Provides the latest research on both extracellular matrix and cancer biology topics
- Covers the different roles keratan sulphate, hyaluronan, fibronectin, and matrix metalloproteinases have in the tumor microenvironment
- Illustrates the influence perlecan has in the tumor microencironment
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1245)
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Taken alongside its companion volumes, Tumor Microenvironment: Extracellular Matrix Components – Part A updates us on what we know about the different aspects of the tumor microenvironment, as well as apprises us on the future advances in the field. For the newest generation of researchers, this volume serves as a useful introduction to the history of scientists’ focus on the tumor microenvironment, and explores how this knowledge is currently applied in cancer treatments. The book is an essential text for advanced cell biology and cancer biology students, as well as for scientists seeking an update on the developments in tumor microenvironment research.
All of the chapter authors are renowned international experts in the field of cancer biology, and in the specific subfields that are the focus of their chapters.
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Book Title: Tumor Microenvironment
Book Subtitle: Extracellular Matrix Components – Part A
Editors: Alexander Birbrair
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40146-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40145-0Published: 08 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40148-1Published: 08 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40146-7Published: 07 April 2020
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 181
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering