Programmed cell clearance |
programmed cell death-1 |
PGRP-SC1A |
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abbr. PCD. The term active cell death (ACD) is used synonymously (see: Apoptosis). Many authors use the terms apoptosis and programmed cell death synonymously. It has been pointed out that programmed cell death should be used as the more general term that depends on genetically encoded signals or activities within dying cells and embraces different morphologies and biochemical processes (Fink and Cookson, 2005). As a genetically programmed process of cell differentiation, the outcome of which is the demise of the cell, the term autonomous cell death is used also. For more general remarks see: cell death. See also the terms cell-autonomous death and
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