Essentials of Apoptosis : A Guide for Basic and Clinical Research /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yin, Xiao-Ming. (Editor), Dong, Zheng. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. Molecules and Pathways of Apoptosis
  • Caspases: Activation, Regulation, and Function
  • The Bcl-2 Family Proteins
  • The Mammalian IAPs: Multifaceted Inhibitors of Apoptosis
  • Structural Biology of Programmed Cell Death
  • The Death Receptor Pathway
  • The Mitochondrial Pathway: Focus on Shape Changes
  • The Endoplasmic Reticulum Pathway
  • Reactive Oxygen Species in Cell Fate Decisions
  • The Integration of Metabolism and Cell Death
  • Transcriptional Regulation of Apoptosis
  • Clearance of Apoptotic Cells - Mechanisms and Consequences
  • Systems Biology Approaches to the Study of Apoptosis
  • II: Apoptosis in Model Organisms
  • Programmed Cell Death in Plants: Apoptotic but Not Quite
  • Tracing the Roots of Death: Apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Programmed Cell Death in C. elegans
  • Cell Death in Drosophila
  • III. Apoptosis in Mammalian Physiology and Pathogenesis
  • Cell Death: Defining and Misshaping Mammalian Embryos
  • Matters of Life and Death in the Immune System
  • Cell Death in the Hematopoietic System
  • Cell Death in Acute Neuronal Injury
  • Apoptosis in Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Apoptosis in Cardiovascular Pathogenesis
  • Apoptosis in Lung Injury and Disease
  • Apoptosis in Liver Injury and Liver Diseases
  • Apoptosis in Acute Kidney Injury
  • Apoptosis in Cancer Biology and Cancer Therapeutics
  • IV. Alternative cell death mechanisms and pathways
  • Necrosis: Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Roles
  • Caspase-Independent Mitotic Death
  • Lysosomal Proteases in Cell Death
  • Autophagy and Cell Death
  • V. Approaches to the study of apoptosis
  • Analysis of Apoptosis: Basic Principles and Protocols.