Preface ....................................................... vii
Chapter I. Morphological Studies of Osteoclast Apoptosis
and the Effects of Endogenous Mediators ............ 1
Colin R. Gardner, Jeannette Soria and
Miriam Gardner
Chapter II. Low Molecular Weight Glycosaminoglycans and
Apoptosis: Potential Treatment of
Neurodegenerative Disorders Including
Alzheimer's Disease ............................... 69
Bertalan Dudas
Chapter III. Lymphocytes as Cell Model to Study Oxidative
Stress-Induced Apoptosis and Cytoprotection in
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease ............... 81
Marlene Jimenez Del Rio and Carlos
Velez-Pardo
Chapter IV. Role of Advanced Glycation end Products (AGEs)
in Cell Growth and Death ......................... 119
Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Kazuo Nakamura, Takanori
Matsui, Hiroyoshi Inoue, Teruhiko Makino,
Tadamichi Shimizu, and Masayoshi Takeuchi
Chapter V. Antiapoptotic Treatment Targets in Patients
with Congestive Heart Failure .................... 137
Ali Khoynezhad
Chapter VI. Apoptosis of Leukemia Cells Induced by
L-Ascorbic Acid and Arsenic Trioxide:
The Effect of Oxidative Stress and
Glutathione Homeostasis .......................... 149
Seyeon Park
Chapter VII. "Apoptosis Versus Survival" in Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells: Role of Death
Receptors and of Cytokines ....................... 175
Daniela de Totero and Silvano Ferrini
Chapter VIII.Cell Death Mechanisms in Pancreatitis ............ 203
Madhav Bhatia, Sharmila Adhikari,
Tamizhselvi Ramasamy, and Yang Cao
Chapter IX. The Role of Apoptosis in Psoriasis and Lichen
Planus ........................................... 233
Marija Kaštelan and Larisa Prpić Massari
Index ......................................................... 251
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