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Growth Factors and their Receptors in Cancer Metastasis Cancer Metastasis – Biology and Treatment VOLUME 2 Series Editors Richard J. Ablin, Innapharma, Inc., Parkridge, U.S.A. Wen G. Jiang, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, U.K. Advisory Editorial Board Harold F. Dvorak Phil Gold Ian R. Hart Hiroshi Kobayashi Robert E. Mansel Marc Mareel Growth Factors and their Receptors in Cancer Metastasis Edited by Wen G. Jiang University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, The United Kingdom Kunio Matsumoto University of Osaka Medical School, Osaka, Japan and Toshikazu Nakamura University of Osaka Medical School, Osaka, Japan KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK,BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBookISBN: 0-306-48399-8 Print ISBN: 0-7923-7141-0 ©2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers NewYork, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht All rights reserved No part of this eBook maybe reproducedor transmitted inanyform or byanymeans,electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: http://kluweronline.com and Kluwer's eBookstoreat: http://ebooks.kluweronline.com Table of Contents Contributors vii The Role of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor in Cancer and Cancer Metastasis 1 FARHAD RAVANDI AND ZEEV ESTROV Interleukin-2 and Its Receptors in Human Solid Tumours: Immunobiology and Clinical Significance 27 THERESA L. WHITESIDE, TORSTEN E. REICHERT, AND QING PING DOU. Interleukin-8 and Angiogenesis 51 TRACEY A. MARTIN. The Role of Interleukin-11 in the Formation of Bone Metastases. 67 NAOYA FUJITA AND TAKASHI TSURUO. Therapeutic Potential of Adenovirus Mediated Interleukin-12 Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer 79 SHIN EBARA, YASUTOMONASU, TAKEFUMI SATOH, SATORU SHIMURA, CHRIS H. BANGMA, GERALD W. HULL, MARK A. MCCURDY, JIANXIANG WANG,GUANG YANG, TERRY L. TIMME, AND TIMOTHY C. THOMPSON. Fibroblast Growth Factors and Their Receptors in Metastases of Prostate and Other Urological Cancers 93 ZORAN CULIG, MARCUS V. CRONAUER, ALFRED HOBISCH, GEORG BARTSCH AND HELMUT KLOCKER. vi Table of Contents Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis Elements in Breast Cancer Progression 107 EMILIA MIRA, ROSA ANA LACALLE, CARLOS MARTÍNEZ-A. AND SANTOS MAÑES. The Role of Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) and Its Receptors in Cancer and Metastasis 167 SARA WEISS FEIGELSON, CHERYL FITZER-ATTAS, LEA EISENBACH. TGF receptor Signaling in Cancer and Metastasis 187 MARTINOFT. VEGF-C/VEGFRS and Cancer Metastasis 223 YUTAKA YONEMURA, YOSHIO ENDOU, TAKUMA SASAKI, KAZUO SUGIYAMA, TETUMOURI YAMASHIMA, TAINA PARTANEN, KARI ALITALO. HGF-c-met receptor Pathway in Tumor Invasion-Metastasis and Potential Cancer Treatment with NK4 241 KUNIO MATSUMOTO AND TOSHIKAZU NAKAMURA. Growth Factor Receptors and Cell Adhesion Complexes in Cytoskeletal Assembly/Anchorage 277 GAYNOR DAVIES, MALCOLM D. MASON AND WEN G. JIANG Index 291 vii Contributors Alitalo, Kari. Molecular/Cancer Biology Laboratory, Haatman Institute, University of Helsinki, PL 21, 00014 Helsinki, Finland Bangma, Chris H. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Bartsch, Georg. Department of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Cronauer, Marcus V. Department of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Culig, Zoran. Department of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Davies, Gaynor. Metastasis Research Group, University Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN.UK. Dou, Qing Ping. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA Ebara, Shin. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Eisenbach, Lea. Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, Rehovot, Israel Endou, Yoshio. Experimental Therapeutics Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Takara-Machi 13-1, Kanazawa 920, Japan Estrov, Zeev. Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A viii Contributors Feigelson, Sara Weiss. Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, Rehovot, Israel Fitzer-Attas, Cheryl. Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, Rehovot, Israel Fujita, Naoya. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan Hobisch, Alfred. Department of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Hull, Gerald W. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Jiang, Wen G. Metastasis Research Group, University Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK. Klocker, Helmut. Department of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Lacalle, Rosa Ana. Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. Mañes, Santos. Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. Martínez, Carlos. Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. Mason, Malcolm D. Department of Medicine, Section of Clinical Oncology, Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, CF4 7XL. UK Martin, Tracey A. Metastasis Research Group, University Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN. UK. Matsumoto, Kunio. Division of Biochemistry, Department of Oncology, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan McCurdy, Mark A. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Contributors ix Mira, Emilia. Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spam. Nakamura, Toshikazu. Division of Biochemistry, Department of Oncology, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Nasu, Yasutomo. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Oft, Martin. UCSF Cancer Center - Box 0875, University of California, San Francisco, 2340 Sutter Street, Room S271, San Francisco, CA 94143- 0128, USA Partanen, Taina. Molecular/Cancer Biology Laboratory, Haatman Institute, University of Helsinki, PL 21, 00014 Helsinki, Finland Ravandi, Farhad. Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, U.S. A Reichert, Torsten E. University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany Sasaki, Takuma. Experimental Therapeutics Cancer Research Institute, KanazawaUniversity, Takara-Machi 13-1, Kanazawa 920, Japan Satoh, Takefumi. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Shimura, Satoru. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Sugiyama, Kazuo. Virology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuoo-Ku, Tokyo 104, Japan Thompson, Timothy C. Scott Department of Urology, Cell Biology and Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Timme, Terry L. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Tsuruo, Takashi. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan Wang, Jianxiang G. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Wang Yang, Guang. Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA x Contributors Whiteside, Theresa L. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Yamashima, Tetumori. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Takara-Machi 13-1, Kanazawa 920, Japan Yonemura, Yutaka. Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Takara-Machi 13-1, Kanazawa 920, Japan

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