Preface. Section I: Basic Aspects of Liver Cell Biology. 1: Extra- and intracellular control of CD95 induced apoptosis in hepatocytes; M Schuchmann, S Strand, D Strand, PR Galle. 2: Senescence and chromosomal instability induced by telomere shortening affect liver regeneration and hepatocarcinogenesis; SU Wiemann, MP Manns, KL Rudolph. 3: Mechanisms of liver regeneration; T Ludde, T Wuestefeld, MP Manns, CT Trautwein. 4: Hepatic transport and metabolism; PJ Meier-Abt. 5: Immune functions of the liver; PA Knolle, A Limmer. 6: Molecular regulation of hepatic fibrosis; SL Friedman. 7: Liver cell biology: differentiation and malignant transformation; M Ozturk, E Erdal, N Ozturk, R Cetin-Atalay, B Irmak. Section II: Stem Cell Plasticity and Cell Therapy. 8: Stem cell plasticity studies in the liver; IH Pilz, F von Weizsacker, H Glimm, M Schmidt, C von Kalle. 9: Non-human primate liver progenitor cells and their transplantation into animal models; A Weber, A Parouchev, J-P Delgado, L Cam, I Dagher, D Mahieu, M Andreoletti, P Leboulch, D Franco. 10: Biological aspects of hepatocyte transplantation for applications in cell therapy; S Gupta, V Kumaran, B Joseph, D Benten. Section III: Novel Approaches to Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 11: Reversal of liver fibrosis; Y Iimuro, J Fujimoto. 12: DNA-based immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma; M Geissler, C Grimm, M Ali, M Ritter, L Mohr, HE Blum. 13: Suicide gene therapy; L Mohr, MMB Rodriguez, S-M Ryu, S Freisberg, O Polske, TU Krohne, M Geissler, HE Blum. 14: Gene therapy of liver cancer: the present and the future; J Prieto, C Qian, M Herraiz, R Hernandez-Alcoceba, M-G Kramer, C Smerdou, G Mazzolini, I Melero, B Sangro. Section IV: Gene Therapy and Prevention of Liver Diseases. 15: Gene transfer; MA Kay. 16: Targeted gene repair: from RNA/DNA to single-stranded oligonucleotides; W Yin, BT Kren, CJ Steer. 17: Identification of a cellular protein required for hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) - mediated translation; T Peng, H Tang, F Wong-Staal. 18: Antisense oligonucleotides; W-B Offensperger, C Thoma, P Hasselblatt, HE Blum. 19: Interfering polypeptides; F von Weizsacke. 20: Novel vaccine strategies; H Barth, TF Baumert. Index
