Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity is a cytotoxic mechanism through which antibody-coated target cells are killed by different effector cells, such as polymorphonuclear leukocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells, and platelets, which bear receptors for the Fc portion of antibodies.
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(2016). ADCC. In: Vohr, HW. (eds) Encyclopedia of Immunotoxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54596-2_200020
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