Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Breakthroughs in Melanoma Research

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Published14 November 2011

Doi10.5772/795

ISBN978-953-307-291-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6564-4

Copyright year2011

Number of pages644

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Open access  chapters

1. Reactive Oxygen Species in the Biology of Melanoma

By Irene L. Ibañez, Cintia Notcovich, Lucía L. Policastro and Hebe Durán

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2. The Role of the Microenvironment – Models for the Study of Melanoma

By Lucia Speroni, Victoria de los Angeles Bustuoabad, Julieta Gasparri, Nadia Silvia Chiaramoni and Silvia del Valle Alonso

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4. Regulation of the Glutathione S-Transferase P1 Expression in Melanoma Cells

By Andrii Slonchak, Agata Chwieduk, Joanna Rzeszowska-Wolny and Maria Obolenskaya

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6. Melanoma Cell Factory for Glycolipid Production

By Maria Carmelita Z. Kasuya and Kenichi Hatanaka

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7. Melanoma-Induced Endothelial Cell Growth Involves Phospholipase A2 and COX2 Upregulation

By Mario Alberghina, Carla Motta, Gabriella Lupo, Carmelina D. Anfuso and Renato Bernardini

2,856
9. The Influence of the Skin Microenvironment Air-Liquid Interface on Melanoma

By Shuji Toda, Shigehisa Aoki, Kazuyoshi Uchihashi, Aki Matsunobu, Mai Yakushiji, Akifumi Ootani, Eisuke Koike and Nobuhisa Yonemitsu

1,543
12. Genomics of Human Malignant Melanoma

By Margit Balázs, Szilvia Ecsedi, Laura Vízkeleti and Ágnes Bégány

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14. The Jak-STAT Signal Transduction Pathway in Melanoma

By Courtney Nicholas and Gregory B. Lesinski

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15. Targeting Adenosine Receptors for the Treatment of Melanoma

By Sarvesh Jajoo, Sandeep Sheth, Debashree Mukherjea, Leonard P. Rybak and Vickram Ramkumar

2,500
17. Understanding Melanocyte Transformation – A Work in Progress

By Janet Wangari-Talbot, James Goydos and Suzie Chen

2,370
19. Characterization of Melanoma Progression on Animal Model Using Fourier Transform Infrared Mapping

By Beljebbar A., Gatouillat G., Morjani H., Manfait M. and Madoulet C.

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20. Ion Channels as Promising Therapeutic Targets for Melanoma

By Aurélie Chantôme, Marie Potier-Cartereau, Sébastien Roger, Christophe Vandier, Olivier Soriani and Virginie Joulin

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21. Targeting the Proteasome in Melanoma

By Anabel Sorolla, Andree Yeramian, Xavier Dolcet, Leandro Abal, Eugenia Ortega, Ramon Egido, Xavier Matias-Guiu and Rosa M. Marti

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22. Nuclear Translocation of YB-1 Protein Induced by Ultraviolet Light and the Investigational Gallium Drug GaQ3 in Melanoma Cells

By Seied Mojtaba Valiahdi, Michael A. Jakupec, Sara Daraei, Franz Wohlrab and Bernhard K. Keppler

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23. Novel Approach to the Characterization of Melanoma Associated-Peptide-Specific CTL Lines from Melanoma Patients

By Yasuto Akiyama, Masaru Komiyama, Akira Iizuka, Akifumi Yamamoto, Naoya Yamazaki and Yoshio Kiyohara

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27. RANK/RANKL Axis in Melanoma

By Kanji Mori, Kosei Ando, Frédéric Lézot and Dominique Heymann

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28. Isolation of Cellular Clones of Murine Melanoma Resistants to the Photodynamic Therapy and Characterization of Some Mechanisms Involved in the Radioresistance

By Ramón-Gallegos E., Rosas-Flores L., Barrera-Mendoza C.C., Herrera-Carrillo Z., González-Agüero G., Estrada-Manrique G. and Cruz-Orea A.

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