How to Use apoptosis in a Sentence

apoptosis

noun

• As a result, those cells die in a process known as apoptosis.
  — Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 7 May 2021
• Within hours of death, cells begin to break down in a process called apoptosis.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2010
• In Orf3a, the protein that oversees apoptosis, or cell death, the researchers note the S261L mutation.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
• At the same time, the cell begins a preprogrammed self-destruct sequence, a process known as apoptosis.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
• In the average adult, apoptosis triggers the death of 50 to 70 billion cells within a single day.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Quercetin has also been linked to apoptosis, the self-destruct sequence the body uses to kill off worn out or dysfunctional cells.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• When a cell dies via apoptosis, a natural process the body uses to remove damaged cells, PS becomes exposed to the outside of that cell.
  — Sathy Balu-Iyer, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2021
• Every single minute, cells that are not functioning right are programmed for death through a process called apoptosis.
  — Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2023
• Both try to stop a cell's emergency safety switch, a self-destruct mechanism known as apoptosis.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2021
• If enough damage builds up, the cell surrenders and undergoes programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
  — Celia Ford, WIRED, 17 July 2023
• Quercetin has also been linked to apoptosis, the self-destruct sequence the body uses to kill off worn out or dysfunctional cells, which may help reduce cancer risk.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• Along with colleagues, the pair focused on a core challenge: how to coax myofibroblasts to self-destruct, a cellular process called apoptosis.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 13 Dec. 2017
• In one study in rats, swimming was shown to stimulate brain pathways that suppress inflammation in the hippocampus and inhibit apoptosis, or cell death.
  — Seena Mathew, Quartz, 31 July 2021
• The second notable change occurs in another process, apoptosis.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Last year, geneticists working on a sponge genome identified more than a thousand genes that appear to make up the toolkit required for the jump, including genes for apoptosis, cell signaling, and telling self from other.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2011
• When a senescent cell resists apoptosis, the damage is allowed to continue, a festering wound embedded deep in our tissues.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
• Past research has shown that TNF boosts two opposing processes: one that encourages cellular suicide, also known as apoptosis, and one that tells cells to go on living.
  — Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2021
• These impostors could then be used to dupe overactive immune cells into believing that apoptosis rather than necrosis was taking place.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• Without ever touching your skin, the laser energy causes apoptosis (cell death) in the fat cells while an automatic jet cooling system helps keep your skin from overheating.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
• These instructions for cell death, called apoptosis, start well before freezing temperatures are reached.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2022
• This futuristic device utilizes a 1064 nm laser that is proven to induce apoptosis (which is essentially the death of unwanted cells) in adipose tissue, also known as body fat.
  — Meggen Harris, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Unlike necrosis, the leftovers of apoptosis are mostly tolerated by the immune system.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• When the immune system is working properly, these loiterers are promptly destroyed via apoptosis, or programmed cell death.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2021
• These proteins can both induce or prevent apoptosis, and the team suspected that the balance between these proteins was disrupted in the overactive myofibroblasts.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 13 Dec. 2017
• If the damage is sufficiently critical, the cell will respond by committing an orderly sort of suicide called apoptosis, which keeps it from causing any further problems.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
• Some of the affected pathways seemed intuitive, inhibiting cell processes like division and apoptosis, or cell death.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 27 June 2020
• There is evidence that nicotine inhibits apoptosis — the process by which cells self-destruct, which is an important guard against tumour formation — in cancer cells by binding to cholinergic receptors.
  — Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• This protein regulates apoptosis, which is a major factor in viral pathogenicity.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• The result was that the cells became less likely to destroy themselves through a process called apoptosis (programmed cell death), which organisms often use as a kind of quality control system for eliminating defective tissue.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2017
• LysoTracker Red staining shows widespread apoptosis (cell death) in the tip chicken and quail developing penises, whereas duck, goose, emu, and alligator genitalia at comparable stages show limited death.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024