Apoptosis
MESHD017209
A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.
Synonyms
- Classic Apoptosis
- Apoptosis, Classic
- Classic Apoptoses
- Classical Apoptosis
- Apoptosis, Classical
- Programmed Cell Death, Type I
- Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway
- Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway
- Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
- Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
- Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway
- Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway
- Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
- Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
- Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis
- Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent
- Caspase Dependent Apoptosis
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