细胞凋亡(ａｐｏｐｔｏｓｉｓ)的概念首先由英国病理学家Ｋｅｒｒ等于1972年提出,用来描述一种在形态学上有别于细胞坏死的细胞死亡过程。细胞凋亡是机体为了维护自身稳定,在基因调控下细胞发生主动消亡的过程。细胞凋亡对肿瘤的发生、发展和治疗具有重要的影响,本文就细胞凋亡 The concept of apoptosis was first proposed by the British pathologist Kerr equal to 1972 to describe a cell death process that is morphologically distinct from cell necrosis. Apoptosis is a process in which the body actively disappears under the control of the gene in order to maintain its own stability. Apoptosis has important influence on the occurrence, development and treatment of tumors.