chapter 1 Apoptotic Pathways in Mitochondria -- chapter 2 Human Genetic Defects in Apoptosis Pathways and Processes -- chapter 3 Polyphenols and Apoptosis -- chapter 4 How Caspase Proteases Regulate Cell Fate -- chapter 5 Role of Calpain in Apoptotic Process Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- chapter 6 TNF-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand (TRAIL) -- chapter 7 Th e Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress in Mediating the Apoptotic Eff ect of Selenium Compounds -- chapter 8 Nuclear Steroid Receptors in Apoptosis -- chapter 9 Mitochondrial Morphological Dynamics in Apoptosis -- chapter 10 Apoptotic Cell Uptake and Degradation -- part Section II. Metabolic and Organ Specific Diseases -- chapter 11 Apoptosis in Skeletal Muscle Health and Conditions of Muscle Wasting -- chapter 12 Apoptosis in the Spinal Column — Its Understanding will Help Develop Strategies for the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain -- chapter 13 Apoptosis in the Liver -- chapter 14 Apoptosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease -- chapter 15 Pancreatic Beta-Cell Apoptosis -- chapter 16 Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis -- part Section III. Cancer -- chapter 17 Apoptosis in Lung Cancer -- chapter 18 Inhibition of Apoptosis in Leukemia: BCR-ABL Induced Leukemogenesis -- chapter 19 Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer -- chapter 20 Apoptosis and Colorectal Cancer -- part Section IV. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Tissue -- chapter 21 Apoptosis and Vascular Disease -- chapter 22 Apoptosis in Coronary Artery Disease and Reperfusion Injury: Detection, Non-cardiomyocytes and Th erapeutic Strategies -- chapter 23 Potassium Channels and Apoptosis: Application to Pulmonary Vascular Disease -- chapter 24 Molecular Regulation of Apoptosis Signaling Pathways in Heart -- chapter 25 Potential Exercise Mitigation and Regulation of Age-induced Apoptosis and Remodeling in the Heart -- chapter 26 Apoptosis in Asthma -- chapter 26 Apoptosis in Lung Diseases -- part Section V. Neuronal Tissues -- chapter 28 Apoptotic Mechanisms Involved in Neurological Disorders -- chapter 29 Apoptosis Signaling Pathways, Neuronal Death and Epilepsy -- chapter 30 Apoptotic Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnostic and Th erapeutic Opportunities -- part Section VI. Immunologic and Infectious Aspects -- chapter 31 Neutrophil Apoptosis and Its Involvement in Infl ammation and Infection -- chapter 32 Apoptosis in HIV/AIDS -- chapter 33 Apoptosis in Immunosenescence -- chapter 34 Apoptosis in Autoimmunity -- chapter 35 Apoptosis in Lupus -- part Section VII. Inhibitors -- chapter 36 The Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) Family in Apoptosis -- chapter 37 Targeting Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) Proteins in Cancer -- part Section VIII. Methods -- chapter 38 Morphological and Cytochemical Methods for the Identification of Cell Death by Apoptosis -- chapter 39 Quantifi cation of Apoptosis -- chapter 40 Proteomic Screening in Apoptosis.