Term Name: positive regulation of apoptotic process
Synonyms: activation of apoptosis, positive regulation of apoptosis, pro-apoptosis, stimulation of apoptosis, up regulation of apoptosis, up-regulation of apoptosis, upregulation of apoptosis
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell death by apoptotic process.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0043065]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: canonical Wnt signaling pathway involved in positive regulation of apoptotic process
is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of programmed cell death regulation of apoptotic process
has subtype: positive regulation of anoikis positive regulation of apoptotic process in another organism positive regulation of apoptotic process in bone marrow cell positive regulation of apoptotic process involved in development positive regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway positive regulation of compound eye retinal cell apoptotic process positive regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process positive regulation of epithelial cell apoptotic process positive regulation of execution phase of apoptosis positive regulation of fat cell apoptotic process positive regulation of fibroblast apoptotic process positive regulation of glial cell apoptotic process positive regulation of leukocyte apoptotic process positive regulation of mesenchymal cell apoptotic process positive regulation of muscle cell apoptotic process positive regulation of myeloid cell apoptotic process positive regulation of myofibroblast cell apoptotic process positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process
positively regulates: apoptotic process