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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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In animal cells, Prx are implicated in complex cellular processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.
The results confirmed widespread infectivity, toxicity and destruction among these cells, probably through apoptosis or programmed cell death.
Eosinophils in vitro exhibited different stages of apoptosis, ending with secondary necrosis distinct from in vivo eosinophil cytolysis.
The result is premature apoptosis of progenitors and failure of stem cells to mature and differentiate.
Neuronal degeneration caused by apoptosis or programmed cell death may have physiologic or pathologic consequences.
The short prodomains caspases induced cell apoptosis, which played an effector as a target protein of cytosol or nucleus.

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