Publisher's Synopsis
Keeping pace with current discoveries in the study of apoptosis as a key biological regulatory mechanism, this guide analyzes the possible role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of various disorders including cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The only monograph to provide an all-encompassing approach to the topic, this guide explores in-vivo and in-vito mechanisms of apoptosis, in-vivo model systems, the genetic regulation of apopotosis, and information spanning key target organs.
