anoikis
English
Etymology
Pseudo-Greek coinage intended to have the sense of "homelessness". Compare Ancient Greek ἄνοικος (ánoikos, “homeless wanderer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈnɔɪkɪs/
Noun
anoikis (uncountable)
- (cytology) The form of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, that occurs when a cell becomes dislodged from its matrix
- 2009 August 19, Zachary T. Schafer et al., “Antioxidant and oncogene rescue of metabolic defects caused by loss of matrix attachment”, in Nature, volume 461, number 7260, DOI:, pages 109-113:
- Loss of matrix attachment of cultured epithelial cells activates a caspase-mediated apoptotic program known as anoikis.
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Translations
cell death that occurs when a it becomes dislodged from its matrix
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