Apoptosis Detection (Phosphatidylserin/Annexin based)
Use Annexin V for Early Apoptosis Detection
Apoptosis and necrosis are the two main forms of cell death. Apoptosis is mostly a physiological process and plays an essential role in the development and homeostasis of all multi-cellular organisms.
Apoptosis can be induced by several stimuli like UV- and y-irradiation or DNA damaging substances. Apoptotic cells change the structure of their membrane, which leads to the exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the membrane surface. Cellular changes during the early stages of the apoptotic process
include the loss of the phospholipid asymmetry of the cell membrane. In general, this phenomena is universal to mammalian cells, but also occurs in insect and plant cells.