Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

DNA Repair and Human Health

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Sonya Vengrova
Sonya Vengrova

University of Warwick,
United Kingdom

Published26 October 2011

Doi10.5772/1750

ISBN978-953-307-612-6

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6533-0

Copyright year2011

Number of pages808

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. DNA Repair, Human Diseases and Aging

By Vaidehi Krishnan, Baohua Liu and Zhongjun Zhou

4,131
2. Double Strand Break Signaling in Health and Diseases

By Marie-jo Halaby and Razqallah Hakem

2,390
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5. Nucleotide Excision Repair and Cancer

By Joost P.M. Melis, Mirjam Luijten, Leon H.F. Mullenders and Harry van Steeg

2,424
6. Recombinant Viral Vectors for Investigating DNA Damage Responses and Gene Therapy of Xeroderma Pigmentosum

By Carolina Quayle, Carlos Frederico Martins Menck and Keronninn Moreno Lima-Bessa

2,167
7. DNA Damage, Repair and Misrepair in Cancer and in Cancer Therapy

By Ana M. Urbano, Leonardo M. R. Ferreira, Joana F. Cerveira, Carlos F. Rodrigues and Maria C. Alpoim

2,793
9. DNA Repair, Cancer and Cancer Therapy - The Current State of Art

By Turgay Isbir, Berna Demircan, Deniz Kirac, Burak Dalan and Uzay Gormus

2,446
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11. Hypoxia Inhibits DNA Repair to Promote Malignant Progression

By L. Eric Huang, Young-Gun Yoo, Minori Koshiji and Kenneth K.W. To

2,047
14. DNA Repair Deficiency Associated with Hematological Neoplasms

By Panagiota Economopoulou, Vassiliki Pappa, Sotirios Papageorgiou, John Dervenoulas and Theofanis Economopoulos

2,383
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16. Therapeutic Modulation of DNA Damage and Repair Mechanisms in Blood Cells

By Haiyan Wang, Shanbao Cai, Eva Tonsing-Carter and Karen E. Pollok

2,084
17. DNA Repair Perspectives in Thyroid and Breast Cancer: The Role of DNA Repair Polymorphisms

By Susana N. Silva, Bruno Costa Gomes, José Rueff and Jorge Francisco Gaspar

2,417
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18. DNA Mismatch Repair (MMR) Genes and Endometrial Cancer

By Kenta Masuda, Kouji Banno, Megumi Yanokura, Iori Kisu, Arisa Ueki, Asuka Ono, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nomura, Akira Hirasawa, Nobuyuki Susumu and Daisuke Aoki

3,674
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19. Human Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease is a Novel Drug Target in Cancer

By Rachel M. Abbotts, Christina Perry and Srinivasan Madhusudan

2,173
20. Disruption of Protein–DNA Interactions: An Opportunity for Cancer Chemotherapy

By Tracy M. Neher, Wei Huang, Jian-Ting Zhang and John J. Turchi

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23. Pharmacogenetics of Cancer and DNA Repair Enzymes

By Tahar van der Straaten, Leon Mullenders and Henk-Jan Guchelaar

2,483
30. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, DNA Repair and Cancer

By Harpreet K. Dibra, Chris J. Perry and Iain D. Nicholl

2,870

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