If you don't want them shed them
Seminal studies in C.elegans contributed to our general understanding of programmed cell death conferred by apoptosis.A recent study unravelled a new form of cell death in the worm and provided insights into its regulation.Affected cells are shed from intact tissues,a modality of death likely to be conserved and relevant to cancer.
At a first glance metazoan development and tissue homeostasis appears as rather wasteful processes.Superfluous and unwanted cells are generated,but are then eliminated by cell death.Cell death can come in various forms and studies on the roundworm C.elegans provided important insights.Taking the extremes cells might be merely killed by necrosis,a process,which at the first superficial glance might not even involve an active cellular process.
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2013-04-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
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