whereas an insufficient amount results in uncontrolled cell proliferation, such as cancer. Some factors, like Fas receptors and caspases, promote apoptosis, while some members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins inhibit apoptosis.

Discovery and etymology

German scientist Carl Vogt was first to describe the principle of apoptosis in 1842. In 1885, anatomist Walther Flemming

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