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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...
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cyanide have been ****ociated with
cytotoxic edema and
swelling of
astrocytic cells. Hypoxia,
anoxia can lead to
cytotoxic edema through several mechanisms...
- 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)...
- Platinum-based
antineoplastic drugs (informally
called platins) are
chemotherapeutic agents used to
treat cancer.
Their active moieties are coordination...
- 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....
- In excitotoxicity,
nerve cells suffer damage or
death when the
levels of
otherwise necessary and safe
neurotransmitters such as
glutamate become pathologically...
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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...
