Role in disease, pathogenesis and prevention

Apoptosis in breast cancer (H. Werner, Y. Oh, C.T. Roberts Jr.) apoptotic pathways in prostate cancer (S.R. Denmeade, B. Tombal, J.T. Isaacs) programmed cell death in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes (C. Polychronakos) apoptosis in arthritis - pathogenesis and therapeutic intervention (T. Hasunuma, T. Kato, T. Kobata, K. Nishioka) apoptosis in HIV disease pathogenesis (A. Nath) apoptosis and cerebral ischemia (M. Endres, L. Hirt, M.A. Moskowitz) neuronal apoptosis and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases (M.P. Mattson, Qing Guo, Wenzhuan Duan, Sic L. Chan) apoptosis in Huntington Disease and animal models (V.E. Koliatsos, C. Portera-Cailliau, G. Schilling, D.B. Borchelt, M.W. Becher, C.A. Ross) apoptosis in motor neurone degenerative diseases (W. A. Pedersen, I. Kruman, M.P. Mattson) apoptosis and bone disease (C.S. Adams, W.E. Horton, Jr.).