1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS-ULR1599, Institut Gustave Roussy 24 rue Calmette Desmoulins, F-94805 Villejuif
kroemer@infobiogen.fr
2
The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037 USA
jreed@burnham.org
In many instances, permeabilization of mitochondrial membranes is a rate-limiting step of apoptotic or necrotic cell demise. This has important consequences for the pathophysiology of cell death, as well as for its pharmacological control.