Category:GO:0008628 ! hormone-mediated apoptotic signaling pathway

name: hormone-mediated apoptotic signaling pathway
namespace: biological_process
def: "The series of molecular signals mediated by the detection of a hormone, and which triggers the apoptotic signaling pathway in a cell. The pathway starts with reception of a hormone signal, and ends when the execution phase of apoptosis is triggered." [GOC:bf, GOC:mtg_apoptosis]
comment: This term is placed under GO:0097190 apoptotic signaling pathway, rather than under one of its more specific children terms, to cover for the variety of apoptosis signaling mechanisms that different hormones may use.
synonym: "apoptotic signaling pathway in response to hormone" RELATED []
synonym: "induction of apoptosis by hormones" RELATED []
is_a: GO:0009755 ! hormone-mediated signaling pathway
is_a: GO:0097190 ! apoptotic signaling pathway

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0008628</GOterm>
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