"Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation ... held February 2-4, 1996, in Newport Beach, California"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Cell cycle and signaling pathways in apoptosis -- Apoptosis/programmed cell death: a historical perspective -- Apoptosis and its regulation -- Mechansisms for recognition and phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes by macrophages -- Cytotoxic lymphocyte killing enters the ICE age --Cross-talk between ceramide and PKC activity in the control of apoptosis in WEHI-231 -- Cell cycle control of T cell apoptosis induced by activation through the T cell antigen receptor -- Role of antibody signaling in inducing tumor dormancy -- II. Apoptosis-regulating genes -- Regulation of lymphoid apoptosis by Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl -- The Epstein-Barr virus gene BHRF1, a homologue of the cellular oncogene Bcl-2, inhibits apoptosis induced by gamma radiation and chemotherapeutic drugs -- Structure-function analysis of Bcl-2 family proteins: regulators of programmed cell death -- Role of ICE-proteases in apoptosis -- Fas-mediated apoptosis -- Fas splicing variants and their effect on apoptosis -- The role of FasL and TNF in the homeostatic regulation of immune responses -- III. Apoptosis in B cells -- Signals for survival and apoptosis in normal and neoplastic B lymphocytes -- Regulation of B cell apoptosis -- Apoptotic cell dealth in the chicken bursa of fabricius -- Generation and regulation of B cell autoreactivity arising in the periphery -- Inducible resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis in primary B lymphocytes -- IV. Apoptosis in T cells -- The thymus and T cell death -- Genetic regulation of apoptosis in the mouse thymus -- Regulation of T cell activation by CD28 and CTLA4 -- Granzyme B-induced apoptosis -- Mature T lymphocyte apoptosis in the healthy and diseased immune system -- Autoimmunity due to defective NUR77, Fas, and TNF-RI apoptosis -- Index