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Descriptor English:
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Autophagy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Autofagia
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Autofagia
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Synonyms English:
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Autophagic Cell Death
Autophagic Cell Deaths
Autophagic Programmed Cell Death
Autophagies
Autophagies, Cellular
Autophagocytosis
Autophagy, Cellular
Cell Death, Autophagic
Cell Deaths, Autophagic
Cellular Autophagies
Cellular Autophagy
Death, Autophagic Cell
Deaths, Autophagic Cell
Macro autophagy
Macro-autophagies
Macro-autophagy
Macroautophagies
Macroautophagy
Programmed Cell Death, Type II
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Tree Number:
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G04.146.399
G04.417.350.091
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Definition English:
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The segregation and degradation of cytoplasmic constituents by AUTOPHAGOSOMES and their digestion by LYSOSOMES. It plays an important role in BIOLOGICAL METAMORPHOSIS and in the removal of bone by OSTEOCLASTS. Defective autophagy is associated with various diseases, including NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES and cancer. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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programmed cell death unspecified probably = APOPTOSIS, but check text
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History Note English:
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2006(1979)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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1351
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Unique Identifier:
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D001343
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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