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Decks in this class (19)

cancer models
Step wise model of cancer transfo...,
What should a good cancer model have,
Cell lines
23  cards
overview
What is cancer,
Why do we study cancer science,
Cancer definition
33  cards
lecture 2 - causes detections and epidemiology
What has improved in treating cancer,
Principles of cancer diagnosis,
Why is early diagnosis key
24  cards
causes
The ames test,
Positives of the ames test,
Limitations of ames tests
5  cards
oncogenes and tumour suppressors
Experiment in chickens cancer vir...,
Oncogene,
Virus capture of proto oncogenes
15  cards
oncogenes cooperation and biomarkers
Can a single oncogene drive cance...,
How do receptor kinases cause lot...,
Myc an oncogenic tf
23  cards
cell cycle
Signalling in cells,
Tissue homeostasis,
What do cancer cells normally do
37  cards
cell cycle in research and in the clinic
What is g1 dominated by,
What is the major repressive unit...,
Tumour suppressor
24  cards
cell signalling
Profound consequences that signal...,
Experiement profound changes when...,
Rtk signalling
43  cards
signalling
Main routes of oncogenic rtk acti...,
Autocrine signalling,
Possible routes of treatment
7  cards
genomic stability
Mitosis,
What can go wrong in mitosis poly...,
What can go wrong in mitosis karo...
29  cards
genomic stability
Advantage,
What does loss of telomeres produce,
Checkpoints g2m
5  cards
DNA damage and repair
Dna damage,
Dna repairs,
The dna damage response
32  cards
intro to the TME and immune system
Differences in tissues of every o...,
Tme is not simple or clear,
How much of that definition of ca...
35  cards
tumour microenvironment
Tissue,
Changes in tissues in cancer,
Different cell types in lining of...
21  cards
tumour microenvironment - balancing growth
Sinusoidal spaces in the liver,
Tumour genesis,
What makes up the vasculature
30  cards
cell communication and balancing tumour growth
Tgf beta,
Genetically engineered mouse model,
How do cafs accelerate tumour growth
12  cards
the non cellular stroma
Ecm,
Integrins,
Cell adhesion
27  cards
cell communication and the non cellular stroma
Ecm,
What does ecm deposition result in,
Regulation of emt
8  cards

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