Robert Rees - Böcker

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES-INDUCTION AND ACTIVATION ...124 EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ASSOCIATED TUMOURS ...125 Immunoblastic lymphomas ...126 Burkitt's lymphoma ...127 NPC and Hodgkin's lymphoma ...127 Vaccines for EBV associated malignancies ...128 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) ASSOCIATED TUMOURS ...129 T cell responses against HPV ...130 Cytotoxic T cell responses in HPV infection ...130 Vaccines and clinical trials ...132 Recombinant viral vaccines ...132 Peptide vaccines ...133 Bacterial fusion protein vaccines ...134 Potential Pitfalls for CTL based immunotherapy of CaCX ...134 PROSPECTS FOR OTHER VIRALL Y ASSOCIATED CANCERS ...135 Hepatitis viruses and primary liver cancer ...135 Human herpes virus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma ...136 Human T lymphotropic virus and adult T cell leukaemia ...136 Emerging tumour viruses ...137 CONCLUDING REMARKS ...137 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...138 REFERENCES ...139 Chapter 8 ...147 The immune response to oncogenic fusion proteins LORENA PASSONI & CARLO GAMBACORTI-PASSERINI xiii INTRODUCTION ...147 BCRlABL ...149 CML immunotherapy ...150 Specific recognition of the bcr/abl protein ...150 CML vaccination ...152 FUSION PROTEINS AND TUMOUR ESCAPE ...152 CONCLUDING REMARKS ...154 REFERENCES ...154 Chapter 9 ...157 Immunological significance ofhsp70 in tumor rejection ANTOINE MENORET INTRODUCTION ...157 PROGRESSOR AND REGRESSOR TUMORS ...157 CO-SEGREGATION OF EXPRESSION OF THE INDUCIBLE HSP70, BUT NOT OF THE CONSTITUTIVE HSC70, WITH A REGRESSIVE PHENOTYPE ...159 IMMUNIZATION WITH TUMOR-DERIVED HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN OF 70 KDA (HSP70IHSC70), NA TURALL Y OR ARTIFICIALLY COMPLEXED WITH ANTIGENIC PEPTIDES ...161 DIFFERENCE OF PEPTIDE BINDING DOMAINS BETWEEN THE INDUCIBLE HSP70 AND CONSTITUTIVE HSC70 ...163 XIV IMPLICATION FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER AND BEYOND ...165 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...166 REFERENCES ...166 Chapter 10 ...

Includes some fifty edited and revised papers from an international conference on Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter, held by the British Society of Soil Science in Edinburgh in September 1999. The book explores the results of recent research studies examining how organic matter functions in soils, factors affecting organic matter quality and quantity and how management of organic matter can be optimised in order to achieve sustainable farming practices.

Principles of Stem Cell Biology and Cancer: Future Applications and Therapeutics Tarik Regad, The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Thomas J. Sayers, Centre for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA and Robert Rees The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, UK The field of cancer stem cells is expanding rapidly, with many groups focusing on isolating and identifying cancer stem cell populations. Although some progress has been made developing efficient cancer therapies, targeting cancer stem cells remains one of the important challenges facing the growing stem cell research community. Principles of Stem Cell Biology and Cancer brings together original contributions from international experts in the field to present the very latest information linking stem cell biology and cancer. Divided into two parts, the book begins with a detailed introduction to stem cell biology with a focus on the characterization of these cells, progress that has been made in their identification, as well as future therapeutic applications of stem cells. The second part focuses on cancer stem cells and their role in cancer development, progression and chemo-resistance. This section of the book includes an overview of recent progress concerning therapies targeting cancer stem cells. Features: An authoritative introduction to the link between stem cell biology and cancer. Includes contributions from leading international experts in the field. Well-illustrated with full colour figures throughout. This book will prove an invaluable resource for basic and applied researchers and clinicians working on the development of new cancer treatments and therapies, providing a timely publication of high quality reviews outlining the current progress and exciting future possibilities for stem cell research.