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What does apoptosis mean?

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  1. (biology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury. [from 20th c.]
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The result is premature apoptosis of progenitors and failure of stem cells to mature and differentiate.
The short prodomains caspases induced cell apoptosis, which played an effector as a target protein of cytosol or nucleus.
The specific process of apoptosis first appeared with the evolution of metazoan animals and has been well conserved in all animal phyla.
An important mechanism of this regulation is programmed cell death, known as apoptosis.
Another potential mechanism involved in macrophage defense against M. tuberculosis is apoptosis or programmed cell death.
Taken together, these results show that thiram induces GSH depletion, leading to oxidative stress and finally cell death by apoptosis.

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