CELL DEATHS IN NORMAL VERTEBRATE ONTOGENY
CELL DEATHS IN NORMAL VERTEBRATE ONTOGENY
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-185x.1951.tb00774.x
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发表时间:
1951-01-01
影响因子:
10
通讯作者:
GLUCKSMANN, A
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作者:
GLUCKSMANN, A
Degenerations have been found in normal vertebrate embryos during embryogenesis and the development of the nervous system, the sense organs, the epidermis, the digestive tract, the respiratory tract, the uro-genital tract, the vascular system, the notochord, the cartilaginous and osseous skeleton, and the muscles. The process and duration of degeneration varies with the degree of specialization of the cell, its functional state (e.g. mitosis), the type of the animal and the number of cell deaths. While some degenerations have no obvious function, others play a significant role in the morphogenesis and histogenesis of tissues and organs and the representation and regression of phylogenetic steps. Most histiogenetic and phylogenetic and some morphogenetic degenerations may be explained by the cessation of specific stimuli for the proliferation and differentiation of the cells concerned. Cell degeneration is found to be an important mechanism of integrating cells into tissues and organs, of helping to shape the form, of removing superfluous material and of preparing dedifferentiated blastemas used for further developmental steps.