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Table of Contents
Section I: History and use of the nuclear envelope in cancer prognosis
Chapter 1: Cancer and the nuclear envelope, a history and perspective — Jose de las Heras and Eric C. Schirmer, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Chapter 2: The role of the nuclear lamina in cancer and apoptosis — Jos L.V. Broers and Frans C.S. Ramaekers, GROW — School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Chapter 3: The diagnostic pathology of the nuclear envelope in human cancers — Andrew H. Fischer, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, USA
Chapter 4: Nuclear morphometry, epigenetic changes, and clinical relevance in prostate cancer — Robert W. Veltri and Christhunesa S. Christudass, The Brady Urological Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
Chapter 5: “To be or not to be in a good shape”: diagnostic and clinical value of nuclear shape irregularities in thyroid and breast cancer — Gianni Bussolati, Francesca Maletta, Sofia Asioli, Laura Annaratone, Anna Sapino, and Caterina Marchio, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy and Institut Victor Babes, Romania
Section II: The nuclear envelope in cell cycle regulation and signaling
Chapter 6: pRb and lamins in cell cycle regulation and aging — Brian K. Kennedy and Juniper K. Pennypacker, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USA
Chapter 7: Lamina-associated polypeptide (LAP)2a and other LEM proteins in cancer biology — Andreas Brachner and Roland Foisner, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Chapter 8: NETs and cell cycle regulation — Michael I. Robson, Phu Le Thanh and Eric C. Schirmer, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Chapter 9: Nuclear envelope regulation of signaling cascades — Jason C. Choi and Howard J. Worman, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, USA
Section III: Nuclear envelope regulation of the genome
Chapter 10: Nuclear envelope – connecting structural genome organization to regulation of gene expression — Irina Stancheva and Eric C. Schirmer, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
Chapter 11: Studying lamins in invertebrate models — Roman Lyakhovetsky and Yosef Gruenbaum, Department of Genetics, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Chapter 12: Lamin organization of chromosome positioning — Joanna M. Bridger, Halime D. Arican-Gotkas, Helen A. Foster, Lauren S. Godwin, Amanda Harvey, Ian R. Kill, Matty Knight, Ishita S. Mehta, and Mai Hassan Ahmed, Laboratory of Nuclear and Genomic Health, Centre for Cell and Chromosome Biology, Biosciences, School of Health Sciences, Brunel University, UK, Institute for Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Biosciences, Brunel University, UK, 3Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of London, UK, 4Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, USA
Section IV: Functions of the NPC in cancer
Chapter 13: NPC proteins linked to cancer overview — Dan N. Simon and Michael P. Rout, Rockefeller University, USA
Chapter 14: Roles of the nucleoporin Tpr in cancer and aging — Chelsi J. Snow and Bryce M. Paschal, Center for Cell Signaling and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, USA
Chapter 15: Ran GTPase in nuclear envelope formation and cancer metastasis — Kyle B. Matchett, Suzanne McFarlane, Sophie E. Hamilton, Yousef S. A. Eltuhamy, Matthew A. Davidson, James T. Murray, Ahmed M. Faheem and Mohamed El-Tanani, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Ulster, Ireland
Chapter 16: Wnt signaling proteins associate with the nuclear pore complex: implications for cancer — Manisha Sharma, Michael Johnson, Mariana Brocardo, Cara Jamieson and Beric R. Henderson, Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute at Westmead Hospital, Australia
Section V: The nuclear envelope in DNA damage and stress responses
Chapter 17: DNA damage and lamins — Susana Gonzalo, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St Louis University School of Medicine, USA
Chapter 18: Repo-Man at the intersection of chromatin remodeling, DNA repair, nuclear envelope organization and cancer progression — Paola Vagnarelli, Division of Biosciences, Brunel University, UK
Chapter 19: Lamins and oxygen stress damage in cell proliferation — Takeshi Shimi and Robert D. Goldman, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, USA
Section VI: The nuclear envelope link to cell migration and metastasis
Chapter 20: Nuclear mechanics in cancer — Celine Denais and Jan Lammerding, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, USA
Chapter 21: Nuclear envelope in nuclear positioning and cell migration — David Razafsky, Denis Wirtz and Didier Hodzic, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Chapter 22: Nesprins in cell stability and migration — Sascha Neumann and Angelika A. Noegel, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
Chapter 23: Connecting the nucleus to the cytoskeleton for nuclear positioning and cell migration — Daniel S. Osorio and Edgar R. Gomes, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, Institute de Myologie, France
Section VII: Towards a molecular explanation of prognostic links to the nuclear envelope.
Chapter 24: Nuclear envelope invaginations and cancer — Ashraf N. Malhas and David J. Vaux, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University, UK.
Chapter 25: Mechanisms of nuclear size regulation in model systems and cancer — Predrag Jevtic and Daniel L. Levy, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, USA.
Chapter 26: Control of nuclear size by NPC proteins — Masatoshi Takagi and Naoko Imamoto, Celular Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, JAPAN.
Chapter 27: Do lamins influence disease progression in cancer? — Christopher J. Hutchison, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, UK.