See Also: Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)(health)
ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotox.)(health)
antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity(medicine)
Cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC)(health)
Cell-Mediated Immunity(medicine)
cell-mediated reaction(medicine)
Cell-mediated immunity (CMI)(health)
antibody-dependent enhancement(medicine)
antibody-forming cell(medicine)
antiparietal cell antibody(medicine)

zibet (iou) and Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) (health)


zibet (iou)



zibet noun. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
[medieval Latin zibethum: see CIVET noun1.]
A civet; esp. the large Indian civet Viverra zibetha.

Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) (health)


A phenomenon in which target cells, coated with antibody, are destroyed by specialized killer cells (NK cells and macrophages), which bear receptors for the Fc portion of the coating antibody (Fc receptors). These receptors allow the killer cells to bind to the anti-body-coated target.