| Health / Medical Topics |
Cytotoxicity
The adverse effect of some iatrogenic therapies. It is an accepted side effect in radiation therapy where the desired effect is to kill rapidly growing tumor cells. In the killing of tumor cells, other cells that are rapidly growing e.g hair, mucous membranes are also killed. (NCI Thesaurus)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
CTLA-4 is an inhibitory T-cell surface receptor for B7 ligands on antigen presenting cells. It contains an extracellular V-like domain, a transmembrane…
Immunized T-lymphocytes which can directly destroy appropriate target cells. These cytotoxic lymphocytes may be generated in vitro in mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLC),…
A type of immune cell that can kill certain cells, including foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus. Cytotoxic…
Cytotoxic T cells are a key part of the cellular immune response, killing cells that display foreign antigen on their surface, primarily…
A type of immune cell that can kill certain cells, including foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus. Cytotoxic…
Anticancer drugs that kill cells, especially cancer cells.
