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Necrosis |
Death of cells in living organism due to: denaturation of cellular proteins and enzymatic digestion of the cell |
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Gangrenes |
Necrosis with putrefaction of a number of tissues in a body part in a living organism. |
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Apoptosis |
A form of programmed cell death which involves protein synthesis energy dependent fragmentation of DNA by endogenous endonucleases. Individual cell deletion of unwanted/ defective cells induced by physiological or pathological stimuli. |
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Necroptosis |
Cell death that shares aspects of necrosis and apoptosis. Morphologically resembles necrosis.Mechanistically resembles apoptosis.Caspase independent Mechanistically resembles apoptosis. Caspase independent |
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Autophagy |
Cell eats its own components Starved cell cannibalises itself and recycles digested contents Seen in aging and exercise Role in cancer: neurodegenerative disorder & infectious disease |