Active Cell Death

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ACD
Pronunciation
/ˈæktɪv sɛl dɛθ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Apoptosis is an active cell death under the control of the apoptosis-related genes. The products of genes, which suppress the undergoing apoptosis, play an important role in the resistance of tumor cells to chemotherapy.
  2. Apoptosis, programmed cell death ( PCD ), is a type of active cell death programmed and regulated by some gene.
  3. Apoptosis is that cells receive a variety of apoptotic signals, and the active cell death process takes place subsequently under the gene regulation.
  4. Objective : Apoptosis is also called procedure apoptosis, it is a special kind of cell death that differs from necrosis, and it is an active cell death way caused by body exterior and interior factors trigger the death procedure which is existed before from intra-cellular.
  5. Apoptosis is an active programmed cell death, and through which harmful, superfluous and senescence cells can be wiped off to keep body normal and healthy.

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