Apoptosis and Autoimmunity
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Autoimmunity and apoptosis
I n this issue of the Journal, Casciola-Rosen et al. (1) call . attention to a topic that has been of recent interest, the possible association of apoptosis with autoimmunity. Apoptosis, sometimes called programmed cell death, was described by Kerr et al. (2)and Wyllie et al. (3) as a form of cell death characterized by cell shrinkage, nuclear condensation, and surface blebbing not accompanied ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Death & Differentiation
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1350-9047,1476-5403
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400633