Table of Contents:
  • FasL and Fas: typical members of the TNF ligand and receptor family / Anja Krippner-Heidenreich and Peter Scheurich
  • FasL-independent activation of Fas / Faustino Mollinedo and Consuelo Gajate
  • Role of ceramide in CD95 signaling / Volker Teichgräber, Gabriele Hessler and Erich Gulbins
  • Regulation of Fas signaling by FLIP proteins / Margot Thome
  • Fas-induced necrosis / Tom Vanden Berghe ... [et al.]
  • Fas - more than an apoptosis inducer / Harald Wajant
  • Retrograde Fas ligand signaling
  • FasL and Fas in liver homeostasis and hepatic injuries
  • Fas-activation, development and homeostasis of T cells / Georg Häcker
  • The FasL-Fas system in disease and therapy
  • Tools for activation and neutralization of Fas signaling.