Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to Caspases
(Lunawati L Bennett, PhD, PharmD and Victoria Downs, Union University, College of Pharmacy, Jackson, Tennessee, US)
Chapter 2. Caspase-3 Function
(Aljawharah Alqathama, PhD, Pharmacy College, Umm AlQura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia)
Chapter 3. Caspase-3 Regulation in Apoptosis, Immune Function and Beyond
(Andrea I. Doseff, PhD, Arti Parihar, PhD, Xiangshu Jin, PhD, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US, and others)
Chapter 4. Caspase-3: A Hallmark Cell Death Protease in Cancer Therapy
(Bee Ling Tan, PhD and Mohd Esa Norhaizan, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and others)
Chapter 5. Activation of Caspase-3/9 in Apoptosis of Starfish Unfertilized Eggs
(Kazuyoshi Chiba, PhD, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan)
Chapter 6. Activation of Caspase-3 by Apoptotic Peptide, (KLAKLAK)2: Designing Novel Targeted Cancer Therapies
(Vanishree Rajagopalan, PhD, Touro University California, College of Pharmacy, Vallejo, California, US)
Chapter 7. Caspase 3 and Central Nervous System
(Lunawati L Bennett, PhD, PharmD, and Victoria Downs Union University, College of Pharmacy, Jackson, Tennessee, US)
Chapter 8. Caspase 3: Interaction and Beyond
(Lunawati L Bennett, PhD, PharmD, Union University, College of Pharmacy, Jackson, Tennessee, US)
About the Authors
Index