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Cell death is an essential process in development, and a major contributor to a wide range of human diseases. Three major classifications of cell death, apoptosis, autophagic cell death and necrosis, have been described for years, and the existence of many more forms of cell death is now accepted. In, Necrosis: Methods and Protocols experts in the field provide a wide range of methods and techniques for the study of necrosis in vitro and in vivo. These include methods and techniques for the analysis of necrosis in mammalian cells, characterization of alternative forms of cell death:...

This Methods in Molecular Biology(TM) book offers techniques for studying necrosis in vitro and in vivo, including methods for analyzing necrosis in mammalian cells, alternative forms of cell death: entosis and pyroptosis, and chapters on skin, brain and heart.