Drug Discovery in Cancer Epigenetics (Translational Epigenetics Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128022086 ISBN 13: 9780128022085

Publisher: Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

Drug Discovery in Cancer Epigenetics is a practical resource for scientists involved in the discovery, testing, and development of epigenetic cancer drugs. Epigenetic modifications can have significant implications for translational science as biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis or therapy prediction. Most importantly, epigenetic modifications are reversible and epigenetic players are found mutated in different cancers; therefore, they provide attractive therapeutic targets. There has been great interest in developing and testing epigenetic drugs, which inhibit DNA methyltransferases, histone modifying enzymes or chromatin reader proteins. The first few drugs are already FDA approved and have made their way into clinical settings. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the epigenetic drugs currently available and aims to increase awareness in this area to foster more rapid translation of epigenetic drugs into the clinic.

• Highlights the potential of epigenetic alterations in cancer for drug development
• Covers the tools and methods for epigenetic drug discovery, preclinical and clinical testing, and clinical implications of epigenetic therapy
• Provides important information regarding putative epigenetic targets, epigenetic technologies, networks and consortia for epigenetic drug discovery and routes for translation

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Gerda Egger is an Associate Professor of Epigenetics at the Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna.

Dr. Paola Barbara Arimondo is the Director of the Unité de Service et de Recherche (USR n°3388) entitled “Epigenetic Targeting of Cancer -ETaC-“ which brings together basic and applied research - a joint laboratory of the Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre (IRPF) and the CNRS. She is extremely experienced in researching regulatory pharmaceuticals and cancer epigenetics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128022086
• ISBN 13: 9780128022085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 498
• Editor: Egger Gerda, Arimondo Paola