antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
id: GO:0001788
name: antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Cytolysis of target cells by natural killer cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, or macrophages following engagement of antibodies bound to the target cells by Fc receptors on the effector cells.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0001794 | type IIa hypersensitivity |
GO:0001909 | leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity |
GO:0006917 | induction of apoptosis |