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Term:apoptotic process
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Accession:GO:0006915 term browser browse the term
Definition:A programmed cell death process which begins when a cell receives an internal (e.g. DNA damage) or external signal (e.g. an extracellular death ligand), and proceeds through a series of biochemical events (signaling pathway phase) which trigger an execution phase. The execution phase is the last step of an apoptotic process, and is typically characterized by rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopodes, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), plasma membrane blebbing and fragmentation of the cell into apoptotic bodies. When the execution phase is completed, the cell has died.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: apoptotic cell death;   apoptotic programmed cell death;   programmed cell death by apoptosis
 narrow_synonym: activation of apoptosis;   apoptosis;   apoptosis signaling;   apoptotic program;   type I programmed cell death
 broad_synonym: cell suicide;   cellular suicide
 related_synonym: apoptosis activator activity;   caspase-dependent programmed cell death;   commitment to apoptosis;   induction of apoptosis;   induction of apoptosis by p53;   signaling (initiator) caspase activity
 alt_id: GO:0006917;   GO:0008632
 xref: Reactome:R-HSA-109581 "Apoptosis";   Wikipedia:Apoptosis
 never_in_taxon: NCBITaxon:2 ! Bacteria
 only_in_taxon: NCBITaxon:33154 ! Opisthokonta
 never_in_taxon: NCBITaxon:4896 ! Schizosaccharomyces pombe



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      biological_process 20536
        cellular process 19525
          cell death 2184
            programmed cell death 2184
              apoptotic process 2112
                anoikis + 31
                apoptotic mitochondrial changes + 125
                apoptotic process in bone marrow cell + 7
                apoptotic process in response to mitochondrial fragmentation 1
                apoptotic process involved in development + 47
                apoptotic signaling pathway + 680
                endothelial cell apoptotic process + 78
                epithelial cell apoptotic process + 112
                execution phase of apoptosis + 82
                fat cell apoptotic process + 3
                fibroblast apoptotic process + 35
                glial cell apoptotic process + 27
                hepatoblast apoptotic process 0
                inflammatory cell apoptotic process + 30
                leukocyte apoptotic process + 153
                melanocyte apoptotic process 2
                mesenchymal cell apoptotic process + 19
                muscle cell apoptotic process + 148
                myeloid cell apoptotic process + 50
                myofibroblast cell apoptotic process + 3
                negative regulation of apoptotic process + 1058
                neuron apoptotic process + 413
                positive regulation of apoptotic process + 705
                regulation of apoptotic process + 1706
                retinal cell apoptotic process + 9
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