This second edition is fully updated throughout and covers the emerging evidence that indicates that the Gadd45 family of proteins plays a unique and critical role as sensors of stress, including genotoxic, physiological, and oncogenic stress.  It sheds light on the complex cellular stress response, encompassing myriad molecular pathways with a plethora of regulators and effectors.

The GADD45 stress response genes encode small (18 kd) nuclear/cytoplasmic proteins.  These genes are rapidly induced by a wide variety of endogenous and exogenous stress stimuli. Despite marked similarities, Gadd45 genes are regulated differentially and exhibit functional diversity.  Gadd45 proteins respond to physiological and oncogenic stress, and are implicated in cell cycle arrest, DNA demethylation and repair, apoptosis, cell survival, genomic stability, and inflammation.

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the unique global role that Gadd45proteins play as stress sensors and the molecular pathways involved.

GADD45 in Stress Signaling, Cell Cycle Control, and Apoptosis.- GADD45 in Development and Cancer.- GADD45 in Normal Hematopoiesis and Leukemia.- GADD45 in DNA Methylation and DNA Repair.- GADD45 Proteins in Immunity.- GADD45 in Liver Function and Cancer.- GADD45 in Pre-Eclampsia.- GADD45 in Senescence.- GADD45 in Neuronal Development, Function, and Injury.- Index.