Apoptosis

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A form of programmed cell death triggered by internal or external signals that results in a series of characteristic morphological changes.

A type of cell death in which a series of molecular steps in a cell leads to its death. This is the body's normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells. The process of programmed cell death may be blocked in cancer cells.

C17557

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C120531

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

CDISC

A form of programmed cell death that begins when a cell receives internal or external signals, then proceeds through a series of characteristic stages typically including rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopods, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), and plasma membrane blebbing, and ends with the death of the cell.

Important in ontogenesis, tumorigenesis, tissue turnover, lymphocyte selection and function and hormone-induced atrophy.

Apoptotic Process

programmed cell death

apoptosis

APOPTOSIS

Programmed Cell Death

PCD

Apoptosis

Apoptosis

Apoptosis

Apoptosis

Thesaurus:C17557

Apoptosis

Phenomenon or Process

C0162638

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41515