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Preferred term

Eryptosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Suicidal death of ERYTHROCYTES which results in features typical of apoptotic nucleated cells such as cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing, and scrambling of cell membrane to expose membrane PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES, which triggers engulfment and degradation by MACROPHAGES.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Erythrocyte Apoptosis
  • Suicidal Erythrocyte Death

In other languages

  • French

  • Apoptose des érythrocytes
  • Apoptose érythrocytaire

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FN4H70V8-J

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