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Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity

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An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune cells.</P> Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity is commonly (and blissfully) abbreviated ADCC.

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