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- adjective Of or pertaining to
apoptosis
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Examples
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In vitro antiproliferative, apoptotic and antioxidant activities of punicalagin, ellagic acid and a total pomegranate tannin extract are enhanced in combination with other polyphenols as found in pomegranate juice.
Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Pomegranates: Fall Fruit With Cancer-Fighting Potential Dr. Nalini Chilkov 2011
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The observed changes in spermatozoal expression of transcriptional and apoptotic genes may result in poor seminal parameters found in boys with a history of cryptorchidism.
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An apoptotic gene (TNF-alpha induced protein 3) was highly over-expressed (p = 0.001) in the cryptorchid samples suggesting a role for apoptosis as a cause for poor sperm densities.
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Salicylate could help to limit the damaging effects of factors that increase disease risk by exerting its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and apoptotic effects Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol 93, p 153.
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Suppressing "" apoptosis, '' the process by which the body kills its own cells, including neurons damaged by Alzheimer's, might work -- if it doesn't spark tumors kept in check by apoptotic machinery.
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Politicians try to moderate the ups and downs with the rainy day fund, which sends supposed fiscal conservatives into an apoptotic rage.
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The cell disintegrates into fragments referred to as "apoptotic bodies".
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The older group also had fewer apoptotic cells, an important discovery.
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These apoptotic bodies and the organelles are phagocytized by adjacent cells and local macrophages without initiation of an inflammatory response as is seen in necrosis.
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Perifosine mechanism has been known to involve inhibiting Akt pathway but various other researches throw more light into the details like its ability to activate the extrinsic apoptotic pathway in lung cancer cells
unknown title 2011
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