"Apoptosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the mechanisms by which CELL DEATH occurs (compare with NECROSIS and AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS). Apoptosis is the mechanism responsible for the physiological deletion of cells and appears to be intrinsically programmed. It is characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, chromatin cleavage at regularly spaced sites, and the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA; (DNA FRAGMENTATION); at internucleosomal sites. This mode of cell death serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.
| Descriptor ID |
D017209
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.146.160
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| Concept/Terms |
Apoptosis- Apoptosis
- Programmed Cell Death, Type I
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Apoptosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Apoptosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Apoptosis" by people in Profiles.
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Endothelial c-IAP2 loss amplifies P2X7 receptor-driven inflammation and worsens schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 06 23; 123(25):e2513158123.
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Unravelling the anti-cancer mechanisms elicited by non-covalent thioredoxin reductase inhibitors for triple negative breast cancer therapy. Redox Biol. 2026 03; 90:103980.
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Wnt/?-Catenin Protects Lymphocytes from HIV-Mediated Apoptosis via Induction of Bcl-xL. Viruses. 2022 07 02; 14(7).
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Canady Cold Helios Plasma Reduces Soft Tissue Sarcoma Viability by Inhibiting Proliferation, Disrupting Cell Cycle, and Inducing Apoptosis: A Preliminary Report. Molecules. 2022 Jun 29; 27(13).
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Presence of CrkI-containing microvesicles in squamous cell carcinomas could have ramifications on tumor biology and cancer therapeutics. Sci Rep. 2022 03 21; 12(1):4803.
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Xenogeneic fibroblasts inhibit the growth of the breast and ovarian cancer cell lines in co-culture. Neoplasma. 2021 Nov; 68(6):1265-1271.
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Alpha ketoglutarate levels, regulated by p53 and OGDH, determine autophagy and cell fate/apoptosis in response to Nutlin-3a. Cancer Biol Ther. 2019; 20(3):252-260.
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p53 promotes AKT and SP1-dependent metabolism through the pentose phosphate pathway that inhibits apoptosis in response to Nutlin-3a. J Mol Cell Biol. 2018 08 01; 10(4):331-340.
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Ex Vivo Cardiotoxicity of Antineoplastic Casiopeinas Is Mediated through Energetic Dysfunction and Triggered Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptosis. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2018; 2018:8949450.
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Selective neutralization of IL-12 p40 monomer induces death in prostate cancer cells via IL-12-IFN-?. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 10 24; 114(43):11482-11487.