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Cell Physiological Processes

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Cell Physiological Processes. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Cell Physiological Processes.

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Adipogenesis - The differentiation of pre-adipocytes into mature ADIPOCYTES....

Anaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following METAPHASE, in which the CHROMATIDS separate and migrate...

Anaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following METAPHASE, in which the CHROMATIDS separate and migrate...

Anoikis - APOPTOSIS triggered by loss of contact with the EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX....

Apoptosis - One of the mechanisms by which CELL DEATH occurs (compare with NECROSIS and AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS). Apopt...

Autocrine Communication - Mode of communication wherein a bound hormone affects the function of the cell type that produced th...

Autophagy - The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuol...

Autophagy - The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuol...

Axonal Transport - The directed transport of ORGANELLES and molecules along nerve cell AXONS. Transport can be anterogr...

Bystander Effect - The result of a positive or negative response (to drugs, for example) in one cell being passed onto ...

Calcium Signaling - Signal transduction mechanisms whereby calcium mobilization (from outside the cell or from intracell...

Cell Adhesion - Adherence of cells to surfaces or to other cells....

Cell Aggregation - The phenomenon by which dissociated cells intermixed in vitro tend to group themselves with cells of...

Cell Aging - The decrease in the cell's ability to proliferate with the passing of time. Each cell is programmed ...

Cell Communication - Any of several ways in which living cells of an organism communicate with one another, whether by di...

Cell Compartmentation - A partitioning within cells due to the selectively permeable membranes which enclose each of the sep...

Cell Cycle - The complex series of phenomena, occurring between the end of one CELL DIVISION and the end of the n...

Cell Death - The termination of the cell's ability to carry out vital functions such as metabolism, growth, repro...

Cell Dedifferentiation - The reverse developmental process in which differentiated cells with specialized functions become un...

Cell Degranulation - The process of losing secretory granules (SECRETORY VESICLES). This occurs, for example, in mast cel...

Cell Differentiation - Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function tha...

Cell Division - The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NU...

Cell Division - The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NU...

Cell Enlargement - Growth processes that result in an increase in CELL SIZE....

Cell Fusion - Fusion of somatic cells in vitro or in vivo, which results in somatic cell hybridization....

Cell Growth Processes - Processes required for CELL ENLARGEMENT and CELL PROLIFERATION....

Cell Hypoxia - A condition of decreased oxygen content at the cellular level....

Cell Migration Inhibition - Phenomenon of cell-mediated immunity measured by in vitro inhibition of the migration or phagocytosi...

Cell Movement - The movement of cells from one location to another. Distinguish from CYTOKINESIS which is the proces...

Cell Nucleus Division - The process by which the CELL NUCLEUS is divided....

Cell Physiological Processes - Cellular functions, mechanisms, and activities....

Cell Proliferation - All of the processes involved in increasing CELL NUMBER including CELL DIVISION....

Cell Respiration - The metabolic process of all living cells (animal and plant) in which oxygen is used to provide a so...

Cell Survival - The span of viability of a cell characterized by the capacity to perform certain functions such as m...

Cell Transdifferentiation - The process of switching one differentiated cell type into another cell type with a different form a...

Chemotaxis - The movement of cells or organisms toward or away from a substance in response to its concentration ...

Chemotaxis, Leukocyte - The movement of leukocytes in response to a chemical concentration gradient or to products formed in...

Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly - The mechanisms effecting establishment, maintenance, and modification of that specific physical conf...

Chromosome Pairing - The alignment of CHROMOSOMES at homologous sequences....

Chromosome Pairing - The alignment of CHROMOSOMES at homologous sequences....

Chromosome Positioning - The mechanisms of eukaryotic CELLS that place or keep the CHROMOSOMES in a particular SUBNUCLEAR SPA...

Chromosome Segregation - The orderly segregation of CHROMOSOMES during MEIOSIS or MITOSIS....

Contact Inhibition - Arrest of cell locomotion or cell division when two cells come into contact....

Cytokinesis - The process by which the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided....

Cytoplasmic Streaming - The movement of CYTOPLASM within a CELL. It serves as an internal transport system for moving essent...

DNA Degradation, Necrotic - The random catabolism of DNA accompaning the irreversible damage to tissue which leads to the pathol...

DNA Packaging - The folding of an organism's DNA molecule into a compact, orderly structure that fits within the lim...

Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation - The relationship between the dose of administered radiation and the response of the organism or tiss...

Embryonic Induction - The complex processes of initiating CELL DIFFERENTIATION in the embryo. The precise regulation by ce...

Embryonic Induction - The complex processes of initiating CELL DIFFERENTIATION in the embryo. The precise regulation by ce...

Endocytosis - Cellular uptake of extracellular materials within membrane-limited vacuoles or microvesicles. ENDOSO...

Erythrocyte Aging - The senescence of RED BLOOD CELLS. Lacking the organelles that make protein synthesis possible, the ...

Erythropoiesis - The production of red blood cells (ERYTHROCYTES). In humans, erythrocytes are produced by the YOLK S...

Excitation Contraction Coupling - A process fundamental to muscle physiology whereby an electrical stimulus or action potential trigge...

Exocytosis - Cellular release of material within membrane-limited vesicles by fusion of the vesicles with the CEL...

G0 Phase - A quiescent state of cells during G1 PHASE....

G1 Phase - The period of the CELL CYCLE preceding DNA REPLICATION in S PHASE. Subphases of G1 include "competen...

G2 Phase - The period of the CELL CYCLE following DNA synthesis (S PHASE) and preceding M PHASE (cell division ...

Gametogenesis - The process of germ cell development from the primordial GERM CELLS to the mature haploid GAMETES: o...

Gametogenesis, Plant - The process of germ cell development in plants, from the primordial PLANT GERM CELLS to the mature h...

Hematopoiesis - The development and formation of various types of BLOOD CELLS. Hematopoiesis can take place in the B...

Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary - The formation and development of blood cells outside the BONE MARROW, as in the SPLEEN; LIVER; or LY...

Immunologic Capping - An energy dependent process following the crosslinking of B CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTORS by multivalent li...

Interphase - The interval between two successive CELL DIVISIONS during which the CHROMOSOMES are not individually...

Ion Channel Gating - The opening and closing of ion channels due to a stimulus. The stimulus can be a change in membrane ...

Ion Channel Gating - The opening and closing of ion channels due to a stimulus. The stimulus can be a change in membrane ...

Leukocyte Rolling - Movement of tethered, spherical LEUKOCYTES along the endothelial surface of the microvasculature. Th...

Leukopoiesis - The process of generating white blood cells (LEUKOCYTES) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CEL...

Light Signal Transduction - The conversion of absorbed light energy into molecular signals....

Lymphocyte Cooperation - T-cell enhancement of the B-cell response to thymic-dependent antigens....

Lymphopoiesis - Formation of LYMPHOCYTES and PLASMA CELLS from the lymphoid stem cells which develop from the pluri...

MAP Kinase Signaling System - An intracellular signaling system involving the MAP kinase cascades (three-membered protein kinase c...

Mechanotransduction, Cellular - The process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli into a chemical response. It can occur in both...

Meiosis - A type of CELL NUCLEUS division, occurring during maturation of the GERM CELLS. Two successive cell ...

Meiotic Prophase I - The prophase of the first division of MEIOSIS (in which homologous CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION occurs). I...

Meiotic Prophase I - The prophase of the first division of MEIOSIS (in which homologous CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION occurs). I...

Membrane Fusion - The adherence and merging of cell membranes, intracellular membranes, or artificial membranes to eac...

Metaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following PROMETAPHASE, in which the CHROMOSOMES line up across t...

Metaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following PROMETAPHASE, in which the CHROMOSOMES line up across t...

Mitochondrial Swelling - An increase in MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME due to an influx of fluid; it occurs in hypotonic solutions due ...

Mitosis - A type of CELL NUCLEUS division by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical...

Myelopoiesis - Formation of MYELOID CELLS from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS in the BONE MARROW via MYEL...

Necrosis - The pathological process occurring in cells that are dying from irreparable injuries. It is caused b...

Neurogenesis - Formation of NEURONS which involves the differentiation and division of STEM CELLS in which one or b...

Oogenesis - The process of germ cell development in the female from the primordial germ cells through OOGONIA to...

Ovum Transport - Transport of the OVUM or fertilized ovum (ZYGOTE) from the mammalian oviduct (FALLOPIAN TUBES) to th...

Pachytene Stage - The stage in the first meiotic prophase, following ZYGOTENE STAGE, when CROSSING OVER between homolo...

Pachytene Stage - The stage in the first meiotic prophase, following ZYGOTENE STAGE, when CROSSING OVER between homolo...

Paracrine Communication - Cellular signaling in which a factor secreted by a cell affects other cells in the local environment...

Phagocytosis - The engulfing of microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES)...

Pinocytosis - The engulfing of liquids by cells by a process of invagination and closure of the cell membrane to f...

Prometaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following PROPHASE, when the breakdown of the NUCLEAR ENVELOPE oc...

Prometaphase - The phase of cell nucleus division following PROPHASE, when the breakdown of the NUCLEAR ENVELOPE oc...

Prophase - The first phase of cell nucleus division, in which the CHROMOSOMES become visible, the CELL NUCLEUS ...

Prophase - The first phase of cell nucleus division, in which the CHROMOSOMES become visible, the CELL NUCLEUS ...

Quorum Sensing - A phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of s...

Radiation Tolerance - The ability of some cells or tissues to withstand ionizing radiation without serious injury. Toleran...

Receptor Aggregation - Chemically stimulated aggregation of cell surface receptors, which potentiates the action of the eff...

Receptor Cross-Talk - The simultaneous or sequential binding of multiple cell surface receptors to different ligands resul...

Respiratory Burst - A large increase in oxygen uptake by neutrophils and most types of tissue macrophages through activa...

S Phase - Phase of the CELL CYCLE following G1 and preceding G2 when the entire DNA content of the nucleus is ...

Second Messenger Systems - Systems in which an intracellular signal is generated in response to an intercellular primary messen...

Secretory Pathway - A series of sequential intracellular steps involved in the transport of proteins (such as hormones a...

Signal Transduction - The intracellular transfer of information (biological activation/inhibition) through a signal pathwa...

Sperm Maturation - The maturing process of SPERMATOZOA after leaving the testicular SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. Maturation in...

Sperm Motility - Movement characteristics of SPERMATOZOA in a fresh specimen. It is measured as the percentage of spe...

Sperm Transport - Passive or active movement of SPERMATOZOA from the testicular SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES through the male ...

Spermatogenesis - The process of germ cell development in the male from the primordial germ cells, through SPERMATOGON...

Synaptic Transmission - The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In...

Synaptonemal Complex - The three-part structure of ribbon-like proteinaceous material that serves to align and join the pai...

Synaptonemal Complex - The three-part structure of ribbon-like proteinaceous material that serves to align and join the pai...

Telophase - The final phase of cell nucleus division following ANAPHASE, in which two daughter nuclei are formed...

Telophase - The final phase of cell nucleus division following ANAPHASE, in which two daughter nuclei are formed...

Thrombopoiesis - The process of generating thrombocytes (BLOOD PLATELETS) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CEL...

Vision, Ocular - The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signal...

Vitellogenesis - The active production and accumulation of VITELLINS (egg yolk proteins) in the non-mammalian OOCYTES...