Eryptosis [eryptóza]

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Terms

apoptóza erytrocytů

 

Erythrocyte Apoptosis
Suicidal Erythrocyte Death

Definition

Suicidal death of ERYTHROCYTES which results in features typical of apoptotic nucleated cells such as cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing, and scrambling of cell membrane to expose membrane PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES, which triggers engulfment and degradation by MACROPHAGES.

DUI
D000072817 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000618186
Previous indexing
Apoptosis (2006-2016); Cell Death (2006-2016)
History note
2017
Public note
2017