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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- cell-mediated
immunity is the
activation of phagocytes, antigen-specific
cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, and the
release of
various cytokines in
response to an...
- Anti-reticular
Cytotoxic Serum is made from the
blood of a
rabbit that has been
injected with
homogenized cadaver spleen and rib marrow. In
small quantities...
- cell death, and it is
carried out by two
major subtypes: CD8+ "killer" (
cytotoxic) and CD4+ "helper" T cells. (These are
named for the
presence of the cell...
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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...
