Programmed cell death: Past, present and future
Gelina S. Kopeina, Boris Zhivotovsky
Abstract
It is known that all living organisms are mortal. For many decades, the main interest of researchers has been focused on the investigation of proliferation, differentiation and other fundamental cellular processes, completely ignoring the understanding of the mechanisms of cell elimination. Since the 60s-70s of the last century, a systematic study of cell death began, which is currently one of the most rapidly developing areas of biomedicine. Since this field of research is very wide, in these short notes we tried to discuss the hottest, but not all, topics that are of interest to many of our colleagues.
Topics & Concepts
BiomedicineLiving cellEnvironmental ethicsBiologyCell biologyPhilosophyBioinformaticsAutophagy in Disease and TherapyCell death mechanisms and regulationEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease