Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
Apoptosis is a genetically programmed process that affects all multicellular organisms.This mechanism of programmed cell death is designed to protect the body against uncontrolled proliferation of cells with impaired functions.Apoptosis can occur through two major pathways.The extrinsic, initiated by signals from the death receptor, and the intrins