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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Zeitlin's group has also demonstrated that interrupting huntingtin production at various points in a mouse's life leads to the death of brain neurons by apoptosis. 同时，蔡特林的团队显示，在老鼠生命的不同时期干扰杭丁顿蛋白的生成，都会导致脑神经元因凋亡而死。
Result Nicardipine can induce rat mesangial cell apoptosis in vivo. 结论尼卡地平在体内有诱导大鼠系膜细胞凋亡的作用。
Among them, only apoptosis and autophagy are well known. 其中研究最为清楚的是细胞凋亡和自噬两种方式。
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