Apoptosis and Cancer

APOPTOSIS AND CANCER Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Medicine Editors: Gil Mor MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science Yale University School of Medicine and Ayesha Alvero MD Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science Yale University School of Medicine Table of Contents: Chapter 1 (review) Modulation of Apoptosis to Reverse Chemoresistance Gil Mor, Michele K. Montagna and Ayesha B. Alvero Chapter 2. Caspase-3 Activation is a Critical Determinant of Genotoxic Stress-Induced Apoptosis Suparna Mazumder1, Dragos Plesca1,3, and Alexandru Almasan1,2, Chapter 3. Flow cytometry enumeration of apoptotic cancer cells by apoptotic rate *David Diaz, BSc *Alfredo Prieto BSc, PhD, *, Eduardo Reyes, BSc, PhD, *Hugo Barcenilla, BSc, *Jorge Monserrat, BSc, PhD, *, Melchor Alvarez-Mon, MD, PhD. Chapter 4 Detection of cancer-related proteins in fresh-frozen ovarian cancer samples using Laser capture microdissection Dan-Arin Silasi, Ayesha B. Alvero, Jechiel Mor, Rui Chen, Han-Hsuan Fu, Michele K. Montagna and Gil Mor Chapter 5 Flow cytometric detection of activated caspase-3 Richard Fox1 and Martine Aubert2 Chapter 6 The ChemoFx® Assay: An Ex Vivo Chemo-Sensitivity and Resistance Assay for Predicting Patient Response to Cancer Chemotherapy Stacey L. Brower, Ph.D., Jeffrey E. Fensterer, Jason E. Bush, Ph.D., MBA Chapter 7 Correlation of caspase activity and in vitro chemo-response in epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines Ayesha B. Alvero, Michele K. Montagna, and Gil Mor Chapter 8 Assessing Expression of Apoptotic Markers Using Large Cohort Tissue Microarrays Elah Pick, Mary M. McCarthy and Harriet M. Kluger Chapter 9 Mitochondria potential, Bax 'activation' and programmed cell death. C. Michael Knudson and Nicholas M. Brown Chapter 10 In Vitro and In Vivo Apoptosis Detection Using Membrane Permeant, Fluorescent Labeled Inhibitors of Caspases Brian W. Lee*, Michael R. Olin, Gary L. Johnson, and Robert J. Griffin Chapter 11

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