Definition of Apoptosis. Meaning of Apoptosis. Synonyms of Apoptosis

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- Apoptosis (from Ancient Gr****: ἀπόπτωσις, romanized: apóptōsis, lit. 'falling off') is a form of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms...
- decline. PS plays a crucial role in the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death). During apoptosis, PS translocates from the inner leaflet of the cell...
- components. In contrast, apoptosis is a naturally occurring programmed and targeted cause of cellular death. While apoptosis often provides beneficial...
- TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), is a protein functioning as a ligand that induces the process of cell death called apoptosis. TRAIL is a...
- play an integral role in apoptosis. Some of these inhibitors include the Bcl-2 family, viral inhibitor crmA, and IAP's. Apoptosis, or programmed cell death...
- mitochondrial pathway to apoptosis and illuminated whole new avenues of research on inflammatory diseases, cancer, and apoptosis in general.[citation needed]...
- estimated that 50 to 70 billion cells die each day from apoptosis. One of the largest promoters of apoptosis is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. While UV light...
- result of either programmed cell death (apoptosis), cellular senescence, or necrosis. [citation needed] In apoptosis, the cleavage of DNA is done by Ca2+...
- hypothesized that necroptosis can serve as a cell-death backup to apoptosis when the apoptosis signaling is blocked by endogenous or exogenous factors such...
- that leads to programmed cell death (apoptosis) if it binds its ligand, Fas ligand (FasL). It is one of two apoptosis pathways, the other being the mitochondrial...