Apoptosis in inner ear sensory hair cells

Apoptosis, or controlled cell death, is a normal part of cellular lifespan. Cell death of cochlear hair cells causes deafness; an apoptotic process that is not well understood. Worldwide, 1.3 billion humans suffer some form of hearing loss, while 360 million suffer debilitating hearing loss as a dir...

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Main Authors: Seth Morrill, David Z.Z. He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Otology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672293017300752