By Robert C. Jackson (auth.), Ann L. Jackman (eds.)
In Antifolate medicines in melanoma treatment, Ann Jackman and a panel of very popular researchers comprehensively overview the present prestige of novel antifolates, a massive category of anticancer medications. the prestigious members talk about the preclinical and medical pharmacology of methotrexate, different dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors,
5-fluorouracil, and the hot iteration of antifolates-the thymidylate synthase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitors. moreover, they assessment extensive the modulation of antifolate medicinal drugs, folate and antifolate delivery mechanisms, polyglutamation, resistance, and drug combos, in addition to pharmacogenomics, pharmacodynamics, rules of gene expression, and mechanisms of phone loss of life.
The large and revolutionary scope of Antifolate medicinal drugs in melanoma remedy presents entré to intriguing new avenues for destiny examine, and constitutes a brand new regular reference for all easy scientists and clinicians engaged in melanoma therapeutics.
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Antifolate Drugs in Cancer Therapy
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