Search for dissertations about: "PGE2 in cancer"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words PGE2 in cancer.

  1. 6. Experimental models of pediatric brain tumors. Establishment, immunophenotyping and clinical implications

    Author : Emma Sandén; Neurokirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pediatric Brain Tumor; Experimental model; Immunotherapy; Immune monitoring; Medulloblastoma;

    Abstract : Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children. Current treatment protocols fail in 25% of patients and are associated with significant long-term adverse effects in survivors. READ MORE

  2. 7. Dendritic cells in cancer immunotherapy

    Author : Karin Gustafsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : vaccines; dendritic cells; αDC1; PGE2DC; natural killer cells; T cells;

    Abstract : Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the initiation and regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses and have increasingly been applied as vaccines for cancer patients. Ex vivo generation and antigen loading of monocyte-derived DCs allows a controlled maturation, with the aim of imprinting different DC functions that are essential for their subsequent induction of a T cell-mediated anti-tumor response. READ MORE

  3. 8. Eicosanoids in cancer : new therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma

    Author : Agnes Rasmuson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cancer is one of the most common causes of death for both children and adults in developed countries. Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system that affects infants and young children. Neuroblastoma tumors are the most common solid extracranial tumors in children and are also the most deadly. READ MORE

  4. 9. Cell signalling in cancer. A functional and immunochemical investigation of purinergic,adrenergic, nitrergic, and prostaglandin mediated signalling mechanisms in experimental and human cancer

    Author : Gunnar Nylund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : adenosine-5´-triphosphate; colon cancer; extracellular acidification; melanoma; ; microphysiometer; nitric oxide; noradrenaline; prostaglandin E2; sarcoma; tumour cell; metabolism; uridine-5´-triphosphate;

    Abstract : Disturbed cell signalling is a hallmark of the cancer cell, being one important mechanismbehind uncontrolled cell growth. In the current study, we have investigated cancer cellsignalling with the focus on some first messenger and/or their receptors, in the murine celllines, MCG 101, and K1735-M2, and the human colon cancer cell line, HT-29. READ MORE

  5. 10. The role of human cytomegalovirus infection in cancer

    Author : Chato Taher; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is thought that up to 20% of cancers are caused by infectious agents, and an oncogenic role of several viruses has been established for certain tumours. Increasing evidence implies that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is associated with a number of malignancies. READ MORE