paraptosis

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paraptosis

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Blend of para- + apoptosis.

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uncountable A particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic morphology. Cytoplasmic vacuolisation is a prominent feature of paraptosis, which includes cytoplasmic vacuolisation, mitochondrial swelling and endoplasmic reticulum stress and annexin V binding to membranes.

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@misc{paraptosis_2026,
  title = {paraptosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paraptosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}