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Cytotoxicity is the
quality of
being toxic to cells.
Examples of
toxic agents are
toxic metals,
toxic chemicals,
microbe neurotoxins,
radiation particles...
- A
cytotoxic T cell (also
known as TC,
cytotoxic T lymphocyte, CTL, T-killer cell,
cytolytic T cell, CD8+ T-cell or
killer T cell) is a T
lymphocyte (a...
- radiation, surgery, and hyperthermia.
Traditional chemotherapeutic agents are
cytotoxic by
means of
interfering with cell
division (mitosis) but
cancer cells...
- Antibody-dependent
cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), also
referred to as antibody-dependent cell-mediated
cytotoxicity, is a
mechanism of cell-mediated immune...
- most vertebrates.
Lymphocytes include T
cells (for cell-mediated and
cytotoxic adaptive immunity), B
cells (for humoral, antibody-driven
adaptive immunity)...
- Complement-dependent
cytotoxicity (CDC) is an
effector function of IgG and IgM antibodies. When they are
bound to
surface antigen on
target cell (e.g....
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Histotoxic hypoxia (also
called histoxic hypoxia) is the
inability of
cells to take up or use
oxygen from the bloodstream,
despite physiologically normal...
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scientific discipline of toxicology,
Cytotoxic T
lymphocytes (CTLs) are
generated by
immune activation of
cytotoxic T
cells (Tc cells). They are generally...
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Natural killer cells, also
known as NK cells, are a type of
cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the
innate immune system. They are a kind of
large granular...
- cell-mediated
immunity is the
activation of phagocytes, antigen-specific
cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, and the
release of
various cytokines in
response to an...
