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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
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In biology, apoptosis (from the Greek words apo = from and ptosis = falling, pronounced ap-a-tow'-sis
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Cellular suicide or programmed cell death. HIV may induce apoptosis in both infected and uninfected immune system cells. Normally when CD4 cells mature in the thymus gland, a small proportion of these cells are unable to distinguish self from nonself. Because these cells would otherwise attack the body's own tissues, they receive a biochemical signal from other cells that results in apoptosis. See Tumor Necrosis Factor.
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[Greek, apo = away from + ptosis = fall] Programmed cell death which occurs in the development of many systems. eg between digits, nervous system
Ãâó: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/A.htm
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Programmed cell death (PCD); a process in which cellular DNA is degraded and the nucleus condensed; then cell is then devoured by neighboring cells or phagocytes.
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