Meet the editor

Pınar Erkekoglu was born in Ankara, Turkey. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy (BS). Later, she received her MSci and PhD degrees in Toxicology. She completed part of her PhD studies in Grenoble, France, at the Université Joseph Fourier and at CEA/INAC/LAN after receiving full scholarship from both the Erasmus Scholarship Program and CEA. She worked as a post-doc and a visiting associate at the MIT

Biological Engineering Department. She has been working as an associate professor in Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, since 2013. Her main interests are carcinogenesis, endocrine disrupting chemicals, oxidative stress, and aromatic amines. She has published more than 140 papers in national and international journals. She has been a European registered toxicologist since 2014.

**Preface III**

Introduction to Oncogene Concept **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Oncogenes and Circadian Clock **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

Oncogenic Activation in Different Cancers **29**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 71**

Oncogenetics of Lung Cancer Induced by Environmental Carcinogens *by Victor D. Martinez, Adam P. Sage, Erin A. Marshall, Miwa Suzuki,* 

A Molecular Link between the Circadian Clock, DNA Damage Responses,

*by Yoshimi Okamoto-Uchida, Junko Izawa and Jun Hirayama*

*by Burcin Baran, Nazli-Mert Ozupek, Gizem Calibasi-Kocal*

*by Max H. Kushner, Anna T. Riegel and Ghada M. Sharif*

*Aaron A. Goodarzi, Graham Dellaire and Wan L. Lam*

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in Colorectal Cancer

The AIB1/NCOA3/SRC-3 Oncogene

Introductory Chapter: Interactions between Environmental Chemicals and KRAS Oncogene in Different Cancers - Special Focus on Colorectal,

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Pancreatic, and Lung Cancers

and Oncogene Activation

*and Yasemin Basbinar*

*by Pinar Erkekoglu*

Contents
