Role of apoptosis in alcoholic liver injury

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2002 ISBRA/RSA meeting in San Francisco, USA. The organizer and chair was H. Ishii and co-chair was A.A Nanji. The presentations were (1) Introduction: Apoptosis in alcoholic liver disease, by A.A. Nanji; (2) Mitochondria, oxidative stress and apoptosis in alcoholic liver disease, by M. Adachi; (3) Regulation of cell death by mitochondrial glutathione, by J.C. Ferndndez-Checa; (4) Toxicity of ethanol in HepG2 cells that express CYP2E1, by A.I.. Cederbaum; (5) Is alcohol-enhanced liver apoptosis a pathogenic factor in alcoholic liver disease? by I.V. Deaciuc.