The phrase "attrition of cells" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, medicine, or any field discussing the gradual reduction or loss of cells over time.
Example: "The study focused on the attrition of cells in the aging process, highlighting how cell loss affects overall health."
Alternatives: "loss of cells" or "cell depletion".
Putting the current evidence together, the key observation, particularly from Santer's work, is that there is a clear and selective attrition of sympathetic cells within the MPG whilst parasympathetic cells appear to remain largely unaffected by ageing in these studies (Santer et al. 2002).
The constraint implies that adding cells conferring new immunity requires loss (passive attrition) of some cells conferring previous immunities.
These results provide the basis for rational design of small molecule inhibitors to prevent radiation-induced attrition of salivary cells.
Since viral infection often associates with the inhibition of CAP-dependent translation, we wondered if loss of Bmf prevents attrition of T cells observed to occur early in such anti-viral immune responses (29).
Thus, it can be speculated, yet remains to be proven, that autophagy would avoid cellular senescence induced by DNA-damaging agents [ 116- 119], as well as the attrition of stem cells that accompanies advanced aging [ 120- 123].
Mechanisms proposed for attrition of CD4+ T cells include direct cytopathicity of these mature cells following infection as well as infection of early T-lymphocyte progenitors.
This results in a slow attrition of synovial B cells and the eventual collapse of the self-perpetuating inflammatory process.
Indeed, Zhang et al have recently demonstrated that upregulation of PD-1 during acute viral infection is involved in the attrition of cytomegalovirus-specific cells.
Our previous work has established that attrition of salivary acinar cells to p53-dependent apoptosis is likely responsible for the side-effects observed after head and neck irradiation.
This is rather an unexpected finding, given that certain physiologic changes in the eye that occur with age, such as yellowing of the lens and attrition of retinal ganglion cells [ 38], might intuitively be expected to cause decreased pupil responses to blue light with increasing age.
