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Cytotoxic




Cytotoxicity can be measured by the MTT Assay .

''Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity'' (''ADCC'') describes the cell-killing ability of certain Lymphocyte s, which requires the target cell being marked by an Antibody . ''Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity'', on the other hand, does not have to be mediated by antibodies; nor does ''complement-dependent cytotoxicity'' (''CDC''), which is mediated by the Complement System .

Three groups of cytotoxic s, and Natural Killer Cell s.