This book covers recent knowledge of the composition of the Degradome, how it can be studied using modern approaches such as transcriptomics and mass spectrometry; and many other relevant subjects, including new approaches to targeting proteolysis for therapy.
Section 1: The Degradome and its analysis Chapter 1: Protease Genomics and the Cancer Degradome Xose S. Puente, Gonzalo R Ordonez & Carlos L?pez-Ot?n Chapter 2: The CLIP-CHIP: A focused oligonucleotide microarray platform for transcriptone analysis for the complete human and murine cancer degradomes. Rheinhild Kappelhoff, Claire H.Wilson, & Christopher M. Overall Chapter 3: The Hu/Mu ProtIn chip: A custom dual-species Oligonucleotide Microarray for profiling degradome gene expression in tumours and their microenvironment Donald R.Scwartz, Kamiar Moin, Ekkehard Weber & Bonnie F Sloane Chapter 4: Quantitative Real-Time PCR analysis of degradome gene expression Caroline J Pennington, Robert K. Nuttall, Clara Sampieri -Ramirez, , Matthew Wallard, Simon Pilgrim & Dylan R. Edwards Chapter 5: Identification of protease substrates by mass spectrometry approaches. Mari Enoksson,Wenhong Zhu & Guy Salvesen Chapter 6: Identification of protease substrates by mass spectrometry approaches 2. Anna Prudova, Ulrich auf dem Keller & Christopher M. Overall Chapter 7: Activity based imaging and biochemical profiling tools for analysis of the cancer degradome. Vincent Dive, Margot Paulick, J.Oliver McIntyre, Lynn M. Matrisan & Matthew Bogyo. Chapter 8: Images of cleavage Kamiar Moin,Mansoureh Sameni, Christopher Jedeszko, Quanwen Li, Mary B. Olive, Raymond R. Mattingly & Bonnie F. Sloane Section 2: Insights into Protease function Chapter 9: Proteolytic pathways: Intersecting cascades in cancer development Nesrine I. Affara & Lisa M, Coussens Chapter 10: Physiological functions of plasminogen activation: Effects of gene deficiences in humans andmice Thomas H. Buggl3$