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Cytokeratins : tools in oncology / edited by Gerhard Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Gerhard, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keratin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 pages)
- Other Title:
- Cytokeratins
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2012
- Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first chapters of the volume "Cytokeratins - Tools in Oncology" discuss multiple functions of cytokeratins in organization of the intermediary filaments in normal intestine and liver as well as microfold L cells and the usability of cytokeratins 7, 8 and 20 in tumor diagnosis in detail. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition as a mechanism important in pathogenesis is touched in another chapter, followed by several articles dealing with the role of cytokeratins for detection of disseminated tumor cells and as response markers during chemotherapy. This book is therefore destined to all cancer researchers and therapists who want to understand the diagnostic application of cytokeratins in histology and, especially, the use of anti-cytokeratin antibodies to identify viable residual tumor cells accounting for a higher risk of tumor recurrence or cancer cells responding to chemotherapy, respectively.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 21, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 953-51-6818-5
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