Addressing a major field of interest for oncologists, cell biologists, and other biomedical researchers, Beyond Apoptosis provides an overview of how different biological mechanisms of cell death, senescence and mitotic catastrophe stop the growth of tumor cells treated with anticancer agents. Written by internationally renowned contributors, this text includes: morphological illustrations, as well as a DVD containing documents and video clips from various time-lapse microscopic studies of cell death and mitotic catastrophe the role and limitations of apoptosis as a determinant of the toxicity of anticancer agents alternative mechanisms of the antiproliferative actions of anticancer drugs and radiation, such as non-apoptotic cell death, cell senescence, and mitotic catastrophe non-apoptotic forms of cell death, such as necrosis, paraptosis, autophagic cell death, and others morphological and kinetic differences of the various forms of cell death

1 Characteristics of Multidrug Resistance in Human Tumor Cells.- 2 Development of Multidrug Resistance in Rodent Cell Lines.- 3 Cloning and Characterization of Mouse mdr Genes.- 4 Isolation and Characterization of the Human MDR (P-Glycoprotein) Genes.- 5 Amplification of Several Different Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Chinese Hamster Cell Lines.- 6 Molecular and Cytogenetic Analysis of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Gene Amplification in Chinese Hamster, Mouse Sarcoma, and Human Neuroblastoma Cells.- 7 Karyotype and Amplicon Evolution during Stepwise Development of Multidrug Resistance in Djungarian Hamster Cell Lines.- 8 Chromosome Localization of P-Glycoprotein Genes in Drug-Sensitive and -Resistant Human Cells.- 9 Structure and Evolution of P-Glycoproteins.- 10 Drug Accumulation and Binding in P-Glycoprotein-Associated Multidrug Resistance.- 11 Binding of Drugs and ATP by P-Glycoprotein and Transport of Drugs by Vesicles from Human Multidrug-Resistant Cells.- 12 Protein Changes in Multidrug-Resistant Cells.- 13 Membrane Lipids of Multidrug-Resistant Cells: Chemical Composition and Physical State.- 14 Expression of the MDR1 Gene in Normal Human Tissues.- 15 Expression of the Multidrug Resistant Gene in Human Cancer.- 16 Immunohistochemical Analysis of P-Glycoprotein Expression in Normal and Tumor Tissues in Humans.- 17 Quantitative Estimation of MDR1 mRNA Levels by Polymerase Chain Reaction.- 18 Collateral Sensitivity of Multidrug-Resistant Cells.- 19 Reversal of Multidrug Resistance by Calcium Channel Blockers and Other Agents.- 20 Growth Inhibition of Multidrug-Resistant Cells by Monoclonal Antibodies against P-Glycoprotein.- 21 P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Drug Resistance: Puzzles and Perspectives.

Addressing a major field of interest for oncologists, cell biologists, and other biomedical researchers, Beyond Apoptosis provides an overview of how different biological mechanisms of cell death, senescence and mitotic catastrophe stop the growth of tumor cells treated with anticancer agents.

Written by internationally renowned contributors, this text includes:

• morphological illustrations, as well as a DVD containing documents and video clips from various time-lapse microscopic studies of cell death and mitotic catastrophe
• the role and limitations of apoptosis as a determinant of the toxicity of anticancer agents
• alternative mechanisms of the antiproliferative actions of anticancer drugs and radiation, such as non-apoptotic cell death, cell senescence, and mitotic catastrophe
• non-apoptotic forms of cell death, such as necrosis, paraptosis, autophagic cell death, and others
• morphological and kinetic differences of the various forms of cell death