Apoptosis and Cancer

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Apoptosis and Cancer

Fig. 13.1 Functional classification of cell death modalities as described by the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) [19] 13.2 Mechanisms of Apoptosis The term “apoptosis” was introduced by Kerr…

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Nutrition, Immunity, and Cancers

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Nutrition, Immunity, and Cancers

Fig. 20.1 Schematic overview of complex network of diet-immunity-cancer Fig. 20.2 The casual pathways of cachexia occurrence after malignancy It should be noted that antitumor agents with their side effect…

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Cancer Immunology of Transmissible Cancers

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Cancer Immunology of Transmissible Cancers

Disease DFTD CTVT Species affected Tasmanian devil Dog, wolf, coyote, jackals, foxes Distribution Tasmania Worldwide Age of origin About 18 years ago At least 6,000 years ago Likely cell of…

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Allergies and Cancers

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Allergies and Cancers

Fig. 21.1 Type I allergic reaction. B B cell, DC dendritic cell, eo eosinophilic granulocyte, IgE immune globulin E, IL interleukin, MC mast cell, Th2 T helper cell type 2,…

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Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Cancer

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Marker Structure/function Ligand Effect of activation BDCA-2/BDCA-4 Associated with FcεRlγ to form a signaling receptor complex ITAM Upon ligation, they inhibit TLR activation and release of type I IFN CD4…

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