Ch. 1. Overview of the stress response / Marius Locke -- Ch. 2. Transcriptional regulation of the mammalian heat shock genes / Jenny S. L. Ho and J. Timothy Westwood -- Ch. 3. Heat shock proteins and their induction with exercise / Earl G. Noble -- Ch. 4. HSPs and protein synthesis in striated muscle / Donald B. Thomason and Vandana Menon -- Ch. 5. Stress proteins and myocardial protection / Joseph W. Starnes -- Ch. 6. Heat shock proteins and reactive oxygen species / Karyn L. Hamilton and Scott K. Powers -- Ch. 7. Stress proteins and exercise-induced muscle damage / Anne McArdle and Malcolm J. Jackson -- Ch. 8. Stress proteins and the mitochondrion / David A. Hood, Arne A. Rungi and Marco Colavecchia / [et al.] -- Ch. 9. Gender-specific regulation of HSP70: mechanisms and consequences / Zain Paroo and Earl G. Noble -- Ch. 10. The role of heat shock proteins in modulating the immune response / Pope L. Moseley -- Ch. 11. Stress proteins and applied exercise physiology / Jurgen M. Steinacker and Yuefei Liu