These Comprehensive Volumes Present A Concise Synthesis Of Recent Developments In The Understanding Of Both Cell Survival And Apoptotic Pathways. Particular Attention Is Given To Apoptosis In Human Diseases, Such As Different Forms Of Cancer And Neurodegenerative Diseases. They Integrate The Most Innovative And Current Findings From Several Related Disciplines Of Scientific Research, Including Pathology, Genetics, Virology, Cell Biology, Immunology, And Molecular Biology. Bcr-abl And Human Cancer / Maria PΜΜΜΜΜerez-caro And Isidro Sanchez-garcia -- Angiogenesis And Cancer / Yohei Maeshima -- Metastasis: The Evasion Of Apoptosis / Christine E. Horak ... [et Al.] -- Carcinogenesis: Balance Between Apoptosis And Survival Pathways / Dean G. Tang And James P. Kehrer -- Aberrations Of Dna Damage Checkpoints In Cancer / Marikki Laiho -- C-myc, Apoptosis, And Disordered Tissue Growth / Michael Khan And Stella Pelengaris -- Role Of Lysophospholipids In Cell Growth And Survival / Xianjun Fang And Sarah Spiegel -- Alternative Use Of Signaling By The [beta] Gbp Cytokine In Cell Growth And Cancer Control: From Surveillance To Therapy / Livio Mallucci And Valerie Wells -- Control Nodes Linking The Regulatory Networks Of The Cell Cycle And Apoptosis / Baltazar D. Aguda, Wee Kheng Yio, And Felicia Ng -- Regulation Of Nf-[kapa]b Function: Target For Drug Development / Daniel Sliva And Rakesh Srivastava -- 5-fluorouracil: Molecular Mechanisms Of Cell Death / Daniel B. Longley And Patrick G. Johnston -- Apoptosis-inducing Cellular Vehicles For Cancer Gene Therapy: Endothelial And Neural Progenitors / Gergely Jarmy ... [et Al.] -- Apoptosis And Cancer Therapy / Maurice Reimann And Clemens A. Schmitt -- Coupling Apoptosis And Cell Division Control In Cancer: The Survivin Paradigm / Dario C. Altieri -- Clinical Significance Of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors In Cancer / Sharmila Shankar And Rakesh K. Srivastava. Edited By Rakesh Srivastava. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.