1. Initiation of Autophagy by Photodynamic Therapy<br>Nancy L. Oleinick and David Kessel<br><br>2. Autophagic cell death<br>Michael Lenardo and Li Yu<br><br>3. Autophagic neuron death<br>Yasuo Uchiyama, Masato Koike, Masahiro Shibata, and Mizuho Sasaki<br><br>4. Assessing Metabolic Stress and Autophagy Status in Epithelial Tumors<br>Robin Mathew, Vassiliki Karantza-Wadsworth and Eileen White<br><br>5. Autophagic clearance of aggregate–prone proteins associated with neurodegeneration<br>Sovan Sarkar, Brinda Ravikumar and David Rubinsztein<br><br><br>6. Monitoring Autophagy in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases Sovan Dun-Sheng Yang, Ju-Hyun Lee; Ralph A. Nixon<br><br><br>7. Live-cell imaging of autophagy induction and autophagosome-lysosome fusion in primary cultured neurons<br>Mona Bains and Kim A. Heidenreich<br><br>8. Using Genetic Mouse Models to Study the Biology and Pathology of Autophagy in the Central Nervous System<br>Zhenyu Yue*, Gay R. Holstein, Brian T. Chait and Qing Jun Wang<br><br>9. Biochemical and Morphological Detection of Inclusion Bodies in Autophagy-deficient Mice<br>Masaaki Komatsu and Satoshi Waguri<br><br>10. Analyzing Autophagy in Clinical Tissues of Lung and Vascular Diseases<br>Augustine Choi, Zhi Hua Chen, Hong Pyo Kim and Stefan Ryter<br><br>11. Autophagy in Neurite Injury and Neurodegeneration: in vitro and in vivo models<br>Charleen T. Chu, Edward D. Plowey, Robert W. Hickey, Ruben K. Dagda and Robert S.B. Clark<br><br>12. MONITORING THE AUTOPHAGY PATHWAY IN CANCER<br>John L. Cleveland, Frank Dorsey and Meredith Steeves<br><br>13. Autophagy pathways in glioblastoma<br>Hong Jiang, Erin White, Charles Conrad, Candelaria Gomez-Manzano and Juan Fueyo<br><br>14. Autophagy in Lung Cancer<br>Bo Lu<br><br>15. Signal-dependent control of autophagy-related gene expression<br>Fulvio Chiacchiera and Cristiano Simone<br><br>16. Novel Methods for Measuring Cardiac Autophagy in vivo<br>Roberta A. Gottlieb and Junichi Sadoshima<br><br>17. Autophagy in Load-Induced Heart Disease<br>Hongxin Zhu, Beverly A. Rothermel and Joseph A. Hill<br><br>18. EVALUATION OF CELL DEATH MARKERS IN SEVERE CALCIFIED AORTIC VALVES<br>Wilhelm P. Mistiaen and Michiel W.M. Knaapen <br><br>19. Monitoring autophagy in muscle diseases<br>Ichizo Nishino, May Malicdan and Satoru Noguchi<br><br>20. Analyzing Macroautophagy in Hepatocytes and the Liver<br>Xiao-Ming Yin<br><br>21. Monitoring Autophagy in Lysosomal Storage Disorders<br>Nina Raben, Victoria Hill, Lauren Shea and Paul Plotz