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- Gives an overview on influence of Extracellular Matrix on tumor progression
- Highlights modelling approaches leading to a better understanding of disease mechanisms
- A useful source of information for researchers and medical doctors alike
Part of the book series: Biology of Extracellular Matrix (BEM)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rolf Brekken is Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology and Deputy Director of the Hamon Center Therapeutic Oncology Research at UT Southwestern. Dr. Brekken’s laboratory studies ECM signaling in tumors, therapeutic immune reactivation and how immune cells contribute to the metastatic cascade. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is currently a senior editor at Cancer Research.
Dwayne Stupack is an associate professor of Reproductive Medicine and Pathology at the University of California San Diego, Moore’s Cancer Center. Dr. Stupack’s laboratory work has been focused on the intersection of extracellular matrix signaling, the presentation of different forms of the same matrix to cells, and cell survival during tumor metastasis. A past councilor of the American Society for Matrix Biology with more than 90 publications, Dr. Stupack currently edits the Society’s Matrix Letter.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Extracellular Matrix in Tumor Biology
Editors: Rolf A. Brekken, Dwayne Stupack
Series Title: Biology of Extracellular Matrix
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60907-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60906-5Published: 14 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86956-8Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60907-2Published: 04 August 2017
Series ISSN: 0887-3224
Series E-ISSN: 2191-1959
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 115
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research, Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Oncology, Receptors, Cell Biology