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Descriptor English: Apoptosis
Descriptor Spanish: Apoptosis
Descriptor apoptosis
Entry term(s) apoptosis clásica
apoptosis dependiente de caspasas
muerte celular programada
Scope note: Mecanismo de muerte celular regulada que se caracteriza por cambios morfológicos característicos en el núcleo y en el citoplasma tales como la escisión endonucleolítica del ADN genómico, en sitios internucleosómicos regularmente espaciados, es decir, FRAGMENTACIÓN DEL ADN. Está programada genéticamente y actúa como mecanismo de equilibrio respecto de la mitosis para regular el tamaño de los tejidos animales y para mediar en procesos patológicos asociados al crecimiento tumoral.
Descriptor Portuguese: Apoptose
Descriptor French: Apoptose
Entry term(s): Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway
Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway
Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent
Apoptosis, Classic
Apoptosis, Classical
Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway
Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway
Caspase Dependent Apoptosis
Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis
Cell Death, Programmed
Classic Apoptoses
Classic Apoptosis
Classical Apoptosis
Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
Programmed Cell Death
Programmed Cell Death, Type I
Tree number(s): G04.146.954.035
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017209
Scope note: A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically-programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.
Annotation: general or unspecified, note specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Cell Survival (1972-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins MeSH
Caspases MeSH
Cellular Apoptosis Susceptibility Protein MeSH
Death Domain Receptor Signaling Adaptor Proteins MeSH
Genes, Transgenic, Suicide MeSH
In Situ Nick-End Labeling MeSH
Necrosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 30827
Unique ID: D017209
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/06/09
Apoptosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026116
Scope note A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically-programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.
Preferred term Apoptosis
Entry term(s) Apoptosis, Classic
Apoptosis, Classical
Classic Apoptoses
Classic Apoptosis
Classical Apoptosis
Programmed Cell Death, Type I
Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway - Narrower
Concept UI M0493497
Scope note Apoptosis that is triggered via cell stress and mitochondrial damage.
Preferred term Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway
Entry term(s) Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway
Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway - Narrower
Concept UI M0493496
Scope note Apoptosis that is triggered via CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTORS and DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTORS.
Preferred term Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway
Entry term(s) Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway
Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses
Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
Programmed Cell Death - Narrower
Concept UI M000644348
Scope note Physiological forms of regulated cell death that occur during growth and development and tissue turnover.
Preferred term Programmed Cell Death
Entry term(s) Cell Death, Programmed
Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis - Narrower
Concept UI M000675620
Preferred term Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis
Entry term(s) Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent
Caspase Dependent Apoptosis



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