Apoptosis : mechanisms and role in disease /

The past few years have seen rapid progress in apoptosis research. This volume deals with many of the recent advances made in uncovering the molecular and cellular basis of apoptosis and elaborates on how this accumulating knowledge is helping us to understand the significance of apoptosis in pathog...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kumar, S. (Sharad), 1958- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, [1998]
Series:Results and problems in cell differentiation ; 24.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Caspases in cell death / L. Dorstyn, M. Kinoshita, S. Kumar
  • Proteolytic targets in cell death / D. Watters, N. Waterhouse
  • The point of no return: mitochondria, caspases, and the commitment to cell death / D.R. Green, G.P. Amarante-Mendes
  • Serpins and regulation of cell death / P.I. Bird
  • The IAP family of apoptotic regulators / L.J. Eiben, C.S. Duckett
  • Apoptosis versus necrosis / M. Leist, P. Nicotera
  • Prevention of neuronal cell death by Bcl-2 / Y. Tsyjimoto
  • CD95 (APO-1/Fas) in hematopoietic diseases / K.-M. Debatin
  • The cornified envelope / G. Melino [and others]
  • Radiation-induced cell death and its implications in human disease / M.F. Lavin
  • T cell apoptosis in HIV infection / M.-L. Gougeon [and others].