Animal Models of Brain Tumors

ISBN-13: 9781493958948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 391 str.

Ricardo Martinez Murillo; Alfredo Martinez

Opis

This book brings together developments in 'in vivo' experimental tumor research of the last two decades that have advanced understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the generation, progression, and clinical outcome of brain neoplasms.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This text covers the comparative histopathology, molecular genetics, and growth of gliomas in several animal models inc. the glioblastoma multiforme and M3 model. ... I highly recommend this book to neuropathologists, researcher, neurosurgeons, and neurologists ... ." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, May, 2014)

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction

Brain Tumor Models to Predict Clinical Outcome: Like the Phoenix?

            Lois A. Lampson

 

Animal Models in Cancer Research: Assessment of Severity and the Application of Humane Endpoints

            José M. Orellana-Muriana

 

Part II: Animal Models Offer Insights into Human Brain Neoplasms

 

The VM Mouse Model of Glioblastoma Multiforme

            Thomas N. Seyfried, Laura M. Shelton, and Leanne C. Huysentruyt

 

Oligodendroglioma Models

            Nanna Lindberg and Lene Uhrbom

 

Medulloblastoma Model

            Jasmine Lau and William A. Weiss

 

Learning about Retinoblastoma from Mouse Models that Missed

            David Cobrinik

 

Ependymoma Models

            Jesús Vaquero and Mercedes Zurita

 

Meningioma Models

            Jessica Rainey and Randy L. Jensen

 

Pituitary Models

            Walavan Sivakumar and William T. Couldwell

 

Growth Regulation of Nervous System Tumors: Models for Assessment of Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors

            Kelly Burrell, Elena Bogdanovic, Shahrzad Jalali, Gelareh Zadeh, and Abhijit Guha

 

Part III: Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Basis of Brain Tumors: Data from Animal Models

 

Using Genetically-Engineered Mouse Models to Understand Low-Grade Glioma Development and Growth in Children

            Aparna Kaul, Ibrahim Hussain, and David H. Gutmann

 

EGFR and Tumor–Suppressor Function in Brain Cancer Development

            Julie Lessard and Al Charest

 

Part IV: Therapies in the Treatment of Malignant Glioma: Data from Animal Models

 

Rodent Glioma Models: Intracranial Stereotactic Allografts and Xenografts

            Hikmat Assi, Marianela Candolfi, Pedro R. Lowenstein, and Maria G. Castro

 

Immunotherapy of High-Grade Gliomas: Preclinical In Vivo Experiments in Animal Models

            Kristen A. Batich, Bryan D. Choi, and Duane A. Mitchell

 

Assessing Mechanisms of Glioblastoma Invasion

            Stephen M. Robbins and Donna L. Senger

 

Part V: Imaging Technologies in Animal Tumor Models: Measuring Brain Tumor Growth and Metabolism

 

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-Based Molecular Imaging

            Yannic Waerzeggers, Thomas Viel, Sonja Schäfers, Stefan Wagner, Andreas Faust, Burkhard Riemann, Klaus Kopka, Otmar Schober, Klaus Schäfers, and Andreas H. Jacobs

 

In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) and Ex Vivo Quantitative Neuropathology by High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (HRMAS)

            Rui V. Simões, Ana Paula Candiota, Margarida Julià-Sapé, and Carles Arús

 

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) in Small Animal CNS Research

            André Constantinesco, Christian Goetz, and Philippe Choquet

Blurb

Although the available models, whether at the cellular, tissue, or animal level, do not exactly represent the biology of human brain tumors, animal models can offer significant insights into these tumors, providing a better understanding of biological mechanisms underlying tumor generation, growth, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis.  Animal Models of Brain Tumors brings together developments and discoveries in “in vivo” experimental tumor research that have provided advances in our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the generation, progression, and clinical outcome of brain neoplasms. Broken into convenient sections, this thorough volume includes topics such as animal model insights into human brain neoplasms, the cellular, molecular, and genetic basis of brain tumors,  therapies in the treatment of malignant glioma, as well as imaging technologies in animal tumor models, i.e. measuring brain tumor growth and metabolism.  Written for the popular Neuromethods series, chapters include the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is essential for achieving successful results.

 

Authoritative and cutting-edge, Animal Models of Brain Tumors provides the key methods needed to validate, compare, and contrast the animal model with its proposed human counterpart and further the understanding of our own serious ailments.