Viruses and Cancer
Viruses and Cancer
A. C. Minson, University of Cambridge
J. C. Neil, University of Glasgow
M. A. McCrae, University of Warwick
J. C. Neil, University of Glasgow
M. A. McCrae, University of Warwick
April 1994
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The past twenty years have seen a steady increase in the number of viruses, of both man and animals, that predispose to the development of cancer. The mechanisms involved are now being elucidated and the means of intervention seem, at least in some instances, close at hand. This volume reviews the current knowledge of oncogenic viruses, their mechanism of action and the prospect for vaccination or therapy. Whilst the emphasis is on viruses of man - papillomaviruses, Epstein Barr Virus, Hepatitis B Virus and Human T cell Leukaemia Virus - the impact of animal studies is recognised by the inclusion of five chapters on oncogenic viruses of animals.
- Surveys their mechanism of action and the prospect for vaccination or therapy against viral disease
- This research may result in more effective treatment for human viruses such as papillomaviruses, Epstein Barr Virus, Hepatitis B Virus and Human T cell Leukaemia Virus
- Animal viruses are also covered
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April 1994Hardback
9780521454728
321 pages
236 × 155 × 20 mm
0.657kg
Unavailable - out of print November 2003
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' preface
- Bovine papilloma virus type
- 4: from transcriptional control to control of disease M. S. Campo
- Burkitt's lymphona P. J. Farrell and A. J. Sinclair
- Towards HPV vaccination A. Altmann
- EBV infection and EBV-associated tumours A. B. Rickinson
- Cell transformation by human papillomaviruses K. H. Vousden
- Lymphoproliferation as a precursor to neoplasia: what is a lymphoma? H. C. Morse III
- Bovine leukaemia virus: biology and mode of transformation A. Burny
- Transmission and control of feline leukaemia virus infections O. Jarrett
- Mechanism of HTLV leukaemogenesis S. A. Steward
- Hepatitis B viruses and liver cancer: the woodchuck model M. A. Buendia
- HIV and predisposition to cancer I. V. D. Weller
- Tumour suppressor genes and p53 D. P. Lane
- Hepatitis viruses and liver cancer B. L. Slagle
- Viruses and cancer G. Klein
- Progression of retrovirus induced rodent T cell lymphomas, and regulation of T cell growth: an insertional mutagenesis based genetic strategy P. B. Tsichlis
- Specifically mutated Epstein–Barr virus recombinants: defining the minimal genome for primary B lymphocyte transformation E. Kieff
- Index.
