Drug discovery in cancer epigenetics /

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Imprint:Oxford ; Waltham, MA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 475 pages).
Language:English
Series:Translational epigenetics series
Translational epigenetics series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11250438
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Other authors / contributors:Egger, Gerda, editor.
Arimondo, Paola, editor.
ISBN:9780128024928
0128024925
9780128022085
0128022086
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-456) and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: 9780128022085