The second session of the 5th CFN symposium in Stockholm 1997 on effec
ts of toxicants on gene expression and intracellular signalling, was e
ntitled ''Cell cycle and cell death''. Five scientists were invited to
give talks about cell cycle and cancer (Anders Zetterberg), regulatio
n of p53-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis (Klas Wiman), calcium
signalling and protease activation in apoptosis (Sten Orrenius). sign
alling alterations and apoptosis in neurodegeneration (Pierluigi Nicot
era) and neurotoxicity and neuroinvasion of prions (Adriano Aguzzi). 1
2 short communications from the poster session were also presented. Th
e posters were about methodological development, studies of xenobiotic
s effects on specific cellular functions and gene regulation. (C) 1998
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