autophagic cell death

Term ID

GO:0048102

Synonyms

autophagic death
autosis
programmed cell death by autophagy
programmed cell death by macroautophagy
type II programmed cell death

Definition

A form of programmed cell death that is accompanied by the formation of autophagosomes. Autophagic cell death is characterized by lack of chromatin condensation and massive vacuolization of the cytoplasm, with little or no uptake by phagocytic cells. (2)

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is a type of: programmed cell death

programmed cell death Show first 5 Terms
has_part: macroautophagy

macroautophagy Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of autophagic cell death

negative regulation of autophagic cell death Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by: positive regulation of autophagic cell death

positive regulation of autophagic cell death Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of autophagic cell death

regulation of autophagic cell death Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes