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paraptosis

paraptosis noun: a particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic morphology.

Noun

paraptosis (uncountable)

  1. A particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic morphology.
    • Cytoplasmic vacuolisation is a prominent feature of paraptosis, which includes cytoplasmic vacuolisation, mitochondrial swelling and endoplasmic reticulum stress and annexin V binding to membranes.2015 September 22, “Aberrant Apoptotic Response of Colorectal Cancer Cells to Novel Nucleoside Analogues”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paraptosis

Blend of para- + apoptosis.

Questions about paraptosis

What does paraptosis mean?
Paraptosis means a particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic morphology.
What part of speech is paraptosis?
Paraptosis is a noun.

Words near paraptosis in the dictionary

  1. paraptera
  2. parapteral
  3. parapteron
  4. parapterum
  5. parapterygoid
  6. paraptosis
  7. paraptotic
  8. parapublic
  9. parapyramidal
  10. paraquadrate
  11. paraquadratic

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