Term: thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cell programmed cell death
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Name: thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cell
Synonyms: beta-basophil, thyrotrope, thyrotroph
Definition: A basophil cell of the anterior pituitary that produces thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotrophin.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009218]
Name: programmed cell death
Synonyms: caspase-independent apoptosis, caspase-independent cell death, non-apoptotic programmed cell death, nonapoptotic programmed cell death, PCD, RCD, regulated cell death
Definition: A process which begins when a cell receives an internal or external signal and activates a series of biochemical events (signaling pathway). The process ends with the death of the cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0012501]    QuickGO    AmiGO