Mitochondria: The Anti- cancer Target for the Third Millennium

Preface.- Mitochondrion: A novel center for cancer cell signalling.- Exploiting BH3 mimetics for cancer therapy.- Regulation of mitochondrial function by MicroRNA.- Mitochondrial complex II as a target for anti-cancer drugs.- Exploiting celecoxib in cancer therapy.- Activation of mitochondria-driven pathways by artemisinin and its derivatives.- Vitamin E analogues as prototypic mitochondria-targeting anti-cancer agents.- Targeting mitochondria of cancer cells: Mechanism and compounds.- Targets and strategies for the mitochondrial assault on cancer.- Emerging anti-cancer targets in mitochondria.- Relevance of mitochondrial functions and plasticity in tumor biology.- Crosstalk between p53 and mitochondrial metabolism.- Progression of cardiomyopathy in Friedreich’s ataxia, a mitochondrial disease.- Index.