Cell Death by Energy Depletion: A Reemerging Concept via the Nitric Oxide Connection / Csaba Sabó and Solomon H. Snyder -- Nitric Oxide and Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Neuronal Cell Death / Jie Zhang and Solomon H. Snyder -- Role of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Mediating Acute and Chronic Neuronal Injury and Neurodegeneration / Valina L. Dawson and Ted M. Dawson -- Importance of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activation in Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Basilia Zingarelli -- Role of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activation in Inflammation / Andrew L. Salzman -- Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activation and the Pathogenesis of Circulatory Shock / Csaba Szabó -- Role of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in the Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Islet Cell Death and Type 1 Diabetes / Volker Burkart -- Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in the Immune System: Focus on Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates and Cell Death / Lásló Virág -- Protective Effect of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors against Cell Damage Induced by Antiviral and Anticancer Drugs / Balázs Sümegi, György Rablóczky, Ildikó Rácz [and others] -- Involvement of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in the Cellular Response to DNA Damage / Claude Niedergang, F. Javier Oliver, Josianne Ménissier-de Murcia [and others] -- Role of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Apoptosis / Marc Germain, A. Ivana Scovassi, and Guy G. Poirer -- Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase is an Active Participant in Programmed Cell Death and Maintenance of Genomic Stability / Dean S. Rosenthal, Cynthia M. Simbulan-Rosenthal, William J. Smith [and others] -- Pleiotropic Roles of Poly(ADP-Ribosyl)ation of DNA-Binding Proteins / Cynthia M. Simbulan-Rosenthal, Dean S. Rosenthal, and Mark E. Smulson -- Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibition by Genetic and Pharmacological Means / Jie Zhang and Jia-He Li -- Determination of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activation and Cleavage during Cell Death / El Bachir Affar, Stéphane Gobeil, Marc Germain [and others] -- Isoforms of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase: Potential Roles in Cell Death / Elaine L. Jacobson and Myron K. Jacobson -- Index