Apoptosis / editor, Victor R. Preedy. — Enfield, N.H. : Science ; London : Taylor & Francis [distributor], c2010. – (58.1574/A644t) |
Contents
CONTENTS
Preface
I. General and Cellular Aspects
1. Apoptotic Pathways in Mitochondria
2. Human Genetic Defects in Apoptosis Pathways and Processes
3. Polyphenols and Apoptosis
4. How Caspase Proteases Regulate Cell Fate
5. Role of Calpain in Apoptotic Process Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases
6. TNF-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand (TRAIL)
7. The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress in Mediating the Apoptotic Effect of Selenium Compounds
8. Nuclear Steroid Receptors in Apoptosis
9. Mitochondrial Morphological Dynamics in Apoptosis
10. Apoptotic Cell Uptake and Degradation
II. Metabolic and Organ Specific Diseases
11. Apoptosis in Skeletal Muscle Health and Conditions of Muscle Wasting
12. Apoptosis in the Spinal Column -- Its Understanding will Help Develop Strategies for the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain
13. Apoptosis in the Liver
14. Apoptosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease
15. Pancreatic Beta-Cell Apoptosis
16. Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis
III. Cancer
17. Apoptosis in Lung Cancer
18. Inhibition of Apoptosis in Leukemia: BCR-ABL induced Leukemogenesis
19. Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer
20. Apoptosis and Colorectal Cancer
IV. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Tissue
21. Apoptosis and Vascular Disease
22. Apoptosis in Coronary Artery Disease and Reperfusion Injury: Detection, Non-cardiomyocytes and Therapeutic Strategies
23. Potassium Channels and Apoptosis: Application to Pulmonary Vascular Disease
24. Molecular Regulation of Apoptosis Signaling Pathways in Heart
25. Potential Exercise Mitigation and Regulation of Age-induced Apoptosis and Remodeling in the Heart
26. Apoptosis in Asthma
27. Apoptosis in Lung Diseases
V. Neuronal Tissues
28. Apoptotic Mechanisms Involved in Neurological Disorders
29. Apoptosis Signaling Pathways, Neuronal Death and Epilepsy
30. Apoptotic Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Opportunities
VI. Immunologic and infectious Aspects
31. Neutrophil Apoptosis and Its Involvement in Inflammation and Infection
32. Apoptosis in HIV/AIDS
33. Apoptosis in Immunosenescence
34. Apoptosis in Autoimmunity
35. Apoptosis in Lupus
VII. Inhibitors
36. The Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) Family in Apoptosis
37. Targeting Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) Proteins in Cancer
VIII. Methods
38. Morphological and Cytochemical Methods for the Identification of Cell Death by Apoptosis
39. Quantification of Apoptosis
40. Proteomic Screening in Apoptosis
Index
About the Editor
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