Apoptosis sets in under the effect of caspase.(Apoptosis= Doğal programlı hücre ölümü).
(Tıp, İlaç) The term effector caspase refers to some members of a group of evolutionarily conserved cysteine proteases the cleavage substrate of which contains an aspartate residue (a cysteine aspartase; see: caspases). These enzymes, known also as death effector caspases, are part of a proteolytic cascades that involves cleavage of many different cellular protein substrates vital for cell functions (so-called death substrates)