title: [Apoptosis--programmed cell death].
abstract: The health of multicellular organisms depends not only on the body's ability to produce new cells but also on controlled cell death. Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is the opposite of mitosis. It is an active process for destruction of unwanted and superfluous cells. Changes in cell survival contribute to the pathogenesis of such varied disorders as cancer, many viral infections, neuropathies and immunopathies. The growing understanding of apoptosis forms the basis for development of new therapeutic strategies controlling cell death. This article describes mechanisms involved in the programmed cellular suicide.
authors.affiliation: Rigshospitalet, Finsencentret, institut for inflammationsforskning.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bovin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bendtzen
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D020169:Caspases / Q000502:physiology; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000502:physiology; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000502:physiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D020169:Caspases
vernacular_title: Apoptose--programmeret celledød.