title: The significance of apoptosis in the liver.
abstract: Apoptosis is a form of cell death which occurs in normal as well as in pathological tissues. We provide a description of the morphological changes during apoptosis and an overview of the role of apoptosis dysregulation in the pathogenesis of non-neoplastic liver diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Gastroenterology, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marucci
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*