Apoptosis Synonyms

ăpəp-tōsĭs, ăpə-tō-
A type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. programmed cell death
  2. caspase-mediated cell death

Words Related to Apoptosis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. apoptotic
  2. fas-mediated
  3. angiogenesis
  4. caspase-3
  5. autophagy
  6. downregulation
  7. p53
  8. tumorigenesis
  9. overexpression
  10. phagocytosis
  11. IL-10
  12. vegf
  13. t-cell
  14. NF-kappaB
  15. dephosphorylation

Apoptosis Sentence Examples

  • When a cell undergoes apoptosis, they have distinct morphological characteristics.

  • More generally, over 100 molecules are in development as apoptosis agonists, although approaching 70% of these remain in preclinical development.

  • There appear to be two different pathways of ECM remodeling and apoptosis induction in POAG.

  • Other inhibitors that have been identified include a number of inhibitors of apoptosis or " IAPs " .

  • We are seeking to unravel the relationship between DNA damage, apoptosis and the genomic instability of cancer.

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