A patient has been diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease called multiple sclerosis (MS)
The physician explains to the patient that this disease may be caused by dysregulated apoptosis. Later that day, the patient asks the nurse what this means. The nurse should reply,
A)
"The cells around your nerves don't know how to die correctly."
B)
"The cytoplasm should neutralize the various apoptotic inhibitors but isn't working correctly."
C)
"Dysregulated apoptosis has caused an excessive rate of programmed cell death along the neuropathways."
D)
"There is an inappropriately low rate of apoptosis occurring within the cells."
Ans:
C
Feedback:
Dysregulated apoptosis can mean too little or too much and has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, in which there is an increased or excessive rate of apoptosis.
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