Cell apoptosis research trends / Charles V. Zhang, editor

Includes bibliographical references and index

The role of BH3-only proteins in cancer and anti-cancer therapeutics / Junya Kuroda and Shinya Kimura -- Tumor resistance to cell death and its relationship with protein prion / Maryam Mehrpour, Franck Meslin and Ahmed Hamaï -- Pancratistatin: a novel highly selective anti-cancer agent that induces apoptosis by the activation of membrane-fas-receptor associated caspase-3 / Carly Griffin ... [et al.] -- Neuropeptides as modulators of apoptosis in prostate cancer / Jose Vilches and Mercedes Salido -- The role of IAP as a novel diagnostic and therapeutic target for prostate cancer / Takeo Nomura and Hiromitsu Mimata -- Different response of normal and cancer human colon epithelial cells to dietary fatty acids and endogenous apoptotic regulators of the TNF family / Jirĭna Hofmanová ... [et al.] -- Targeting cell cycle in a coordinated strategy for anticancer treatment and neuroprotection / Vilen A. Movsesyan and Alexander G. Yakovlev -- Modulating apoptosis thresholds in cancer therapy / Christoph Herold and Matthias Ocker -- Effects of pegfilgrastim administration on neutrophil apoptosis in breast cancer patients treated with dose-dense chemotherapy regimens / Rosangela Invernizzi ... [et al.] -- Rapamycin controls multiple signalling pathways involved in cancer cell survival / Maria Fiammetta Romano ... [et al.]