Open AccessRole of apoptosis in pathogenesis of thyroiditis
Author(s) -
Jasna Stojanovic,
Dejan Srefanovic,
Divna Vulovic,
Laslo Puškaš,
Ljiljana Marković
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0902049s
Subject(s) - medicine , pathogenesis , thyroiditis , apoptosis , immunology , thyroid , genetics , biology
Apoptosis is a highly regulated mechanism of cell death that differs from necrosis and plays an important role in normal tissue development, homeostasis and immune regulation.