Apoptosis and the heart: a decade of progress.
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.
Kitsis
Richard N
RN
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Mann
Douglas L
DL
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction