Includes bibliographical references and index

Molecular mechanisms of cell death / John J. Lemasters -- Acute and chronic inflammation induces disease pathogenesis / Catherine Ptaschinski and Nichlas W. Lukacs -- Infection and host response / Susan L. Fink and Sheldon Campbell -- Neoplasia / William B. Coleman -- Basic concepts in human molecular genetics / Christine M. Koellner, Kara A. Mesink, and W. Edward Highsmith Jr. -- The human genome: understanding human disease in the post-genomic era / William B. Coleman -- The human transcriptome: implications for understanding, diagnosing, and treating human disease / Matthias E. Futschik, Markus Morkel, Reinhold Schäfer, and Christine Sers -- The human epigenome: implications for the understanding of human disease / Manel Esteller -- Clinical proteomics and molecular pathology / Lance A. Liotta, Justin B. Davis, Robin D. Couch, Claudia Fredolini, Weidong Zhou, Emanuel Petricoin, and Virginia Espina -- Integrative systems biology / Gregory J. Tsongalis -- Patholody: the clinical description of human disease / William K. Funkhousser Jr. -- Understanding molecular pathogenesis: the biological basis of human disease and implications for improved treatment of human disease / William B. Coleman and Gregory J. Tsongalis -- Integration of molecular and cellular pathogenesis: a bioinformativs approach / Jason H. Moore, and Michael D. Feldman -- Molecular basis of cardiovascular disease / Avrum I. Gotlieb -- Molecular basis of hemostatic and thrombotic diseases / Karlyn Martin, Alice D. Ma, and Nigel S. Key -- Molecular basis of lymphoid and myeloid diseases / Joseph R. Biggs and Dong-er Zhang -- Molecular basis of diseases of immunity / David O. Beenhouwer -- Molecular basis of pulmonary disease / Dani S. Zander and Carol F. Farver -- Molecular basis of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract / Antonia R. Sepulveda and Armando J. del Portillo -- Molecular basis of liver disease / Satdarshan P.S. Monga and Jaideep Behari -- Molecular basis of diseases of the exocrine pancreas / Matthias Sendler, Julia Mayerle, and Markus M. Lerch -- Molecular basis of diseases of the endocrine system / Alan L.-Y. Pang and Wai-Yee Chan -- Molecular basis of gynecologic diseases / Samuel C. Mock, Kwong-Kwok Wong, Karen H. Lu, Karl Munger, and Zoltan Nagymanyoki -- Molecular basis of kidney disease / Roderick J. Tan, Sheldon I. Bastacky, and Youhua Liu -- Molecular pathogenesis of prostate cancer / William B. Coleman -- Molecular biology of breast cancer / Philippe Aftimos, Hatem A. Azim Jr., and Christos Sotiriou -- Molecular basis of skin disease / Vesarat Wessagowit -- Molecular basis of bone diseases / Emanuela Galliera and Massimiliano M. Corsi Romanelli -- Molecular basis of diseases of the nervous system / Margaret Flanagan, Joshua A. Sonnen, Christopher Dirk Keene, Robert F. Hevner, and Thomas J. Montine -- Molecular diagnosis of human disease / Eli S. Williams and Lawrence M. Silverman -- Molecular assessment of human diseases in the clinical laboratory / Sohpie J. Deharvengt and Gregory J. Tsongalis -- Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine in the treatment of human diseases / Robert D. Nerenz