Contents

### **Preface XIII**


Chapter 8 **Modulation of Autophagy by Free Fatty Acids 149** Jiuhui Wang and Daotai Nie

#### Chapter 9 **Autophagy as a Therapeutic Target in Gastrointestinal Cancer 167** Michiko Shintani

#### **Section 2 Apoptosis 179**


#### **Section 3 Necrosis 395**

Chapter 9 **Autophagy as a Therapeutic Target**

Michiko Shintani

**Management 181**

Chapter 12 **Apoptosis and Infections 231** Yorulmaz Hatice

**Development 267**

Sánchez-Alcázar

Sandoval-Ramírez

Sandra K. Halonen

Karin von Schwarzenberg

**Phase of Apoptosis 299**

**Section 2 Apoptosis 179**

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Castro

**in Gastrointestinal Cancer 167**

Chapter 10 **Apoptotic Molecular Advances in Breast Cancer**

Pontsho Moela and Lesetja R. Motadi

Chapter 13 **Caspases as Putative Biomarkers of Cervical Cancer**

Chapter 15 **Steroidal Saponins and Cell Death in Cancer 331**

Chapter 14 **The Apoptotic Microtubule Network During the Execution**

**Trypanosomatid Parasites 195**

Chapter 11 **Between Armour and Weapons — Cell Death Mechanisms in**

Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto and Solange Lisboa de

Olga V. Kurmyshkina, Pavel I. Kovchur and Tatyana O. Volkova

Manuel Oropesa Ávila, Alejandro Fernández Vega, Juan Garrido Maraver, Marina Villanueva Paz, Isabel De Lavera, Mario De La Mata, Mario D. Cordero, Elizabet Alcocer Gómez, Ana Delgado Pavón, Mónica Álvarez Córdoba, David Cotán and José Antonio

María L. Escobar-Sánchez, Luis Sánchez-Sánchez and Jesús

Chapter 16 **Cell Death Induction by Targeting Tumor Metabolism 353**

Chapter 17 **Modulation of Host Programmed Cell Death Pathways by the Intracellular Protozoan Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii — Implications for Maintenance of Chronic Infection and**

**Potential Therapeutic Applications 373**

