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apoptosis
The natural process of cellular self-destruction encourages the removal of damaged or dangerous cells during the early stages of a human being's development. A group of enzymes, the caspases, are activated and participate in this process.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Cell biology
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Variants
Synonym
apoptotic cell death
Formal
cell suicide
Informal
programmed cell death
Formal
programmed cell suicide
Formal
Antonym
necrosis
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

apoptosis

Valenciano

apoptosi
Associated concepts
Type of
cell death
Caused by
metabolic alterations
cellular stress
Examples
The loss of Sin3A expression causes apoptosis of the germ cells.
In adenomyosis, GnRH-a suppresses inflammation, angiogenesis, proliferation and induces apoptosis.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
apoptosis regulation | expression | differentiation | maintenance | deposition || damage
WITH PREPOSITIONS
of | in | during | via apoptosis || regulation of | induction of apoptosis
WITH VERBS
induce | initiate | inhibit | accelerate | increase | reduce | decrease | detect | affect apoptosis
WITH ADJECTIVES
abortive | germ cell | trophoblast | elevated apoptosis