title: Apoptosis and the heart: a decade of progress.
abstract: In this Focused Issue we have attempted to highlight several important areas concerning the role of apoptosis in the heart. Seven articles written by leading investigators in the field should provide a timely review of our current understanding of the role of apoptosis in the adult mammalian heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Richard N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kitsis
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction