AIMS To test the hypothesis that HSC apoptosis is critical to recovery from biliary fibrosis and that soluble growth factors may regulate HSC survival and apoptosis. RESULTS Following biliodigestive ...

Apoptosis and autophagy constitute the two self-destructive processes by which supernumerary, damaged or aged cells and organelles are eliminated. Beyond this homeostatic function, autophagy is ...

DcR3, by acting as decoy receptor, can interfere with TL1–DR3-mediated inflammatory responses and can protect joint tissue from apoptosis induced ... which are mediated by Fas ligand.

After clearance of infection, most Ag-specific T cells will die by apoptosis while a few will survive and differentiate into memory T cells that will confer long-lived protection against reinfection.