apoptosis
noun
a normal, genetically regulated process leading to the death of cells and triggered by the presence or absence of certain stimuli, as DNA damage.
apoptotic
-
a word derived from
apoptosis.
Example Sentences
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This process normally removes apoptotic cells, but when it is impaired, dead cellular material can accumulate and continue triggering inflammatory signals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Subsequent research5 confirmed that apoptotic cell death is anti-inflammatory, leading to proposals that the injection of apoptotic cells might be used to control inflammatory disease.
From Nature ● Mar. 17, 2020
“They figured out which apoptotic pathways are involved,” Hinz says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2017
“There are many disorders in which there is too little apoptotic death,” Dr. Horvitz said, “and in those cases it is activating apoptosis that could increase longevity.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2017
The fact that the same protein regulates seemingly opposite processes of apoptotic fission during cell death and mitotic fission during cell proliferation may seem surprising.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2012
