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  • The older group also had fewer apoptotic cells, an important discovery.
  • The cell disintegrates into fragments referred to as "apoptotic bodies".
  • These apoptotic bodies and the organelles are phagocytized by adjacent cells and local macrophages without initiation of an inflammatory response as is seen in necrosis.
  • The observed changes in spermatozoal expression of transcriptional and apoptotic genes may result in poor seminal parameters found in boys with a history of cryptorchidism.
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