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  • noun the state of being toxic to cells

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  • noun the degree to which something is toxic to living cells

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Examples

  • These findings are similar to those in obese rats, which have reduced NK cell cytotoxicity which is restored upon weight loss

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donal O'Shea et al. 2010

  • Determine the dispersant concentration that induced cytotoxicity in multiple cell lines and derive an aggregate measure of cytotoxicity that could be use to rank order the chemicals and to compare with in vivo toxicity data obtained in aquatic test species.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Does EPA Test for Endocrine Disruptors in Corexit Tell Us Anything? 2010

  • ANTITUMOR Immune enhancement; activating macrophages, T cells, and NK cells; increasing TNF-α production; inducing cancer cell apoptosis and cytotoxicity

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • Determine the dispersant concentration that induced cytotoxicity in multiple cell lines and derive an aggregate measure of cytotoxicity that could be use to rank order the chemicals and to compare with in vivo toxicity data obtained in aquatic test species.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Does EPA Test for Endocrine Disruptors in Corexit Tell Us Anything? 2010

  • Natural cytotoxicity, assumed to be an important defense mechanism in viral, neoplastic, and parasitic diseases, was also reduced.

    Effects of changes in ultraviolet radiation in the Arctic 2009

  • The 10-year study began with an EPA grant to develop mammalian cell lines that would be used specifically to analyze the ability of these compounds to kill cells, or cytotoxicity, and the ability of these emerging disinfection by-products to cause genomic DNA damage.

    Disinfectants Used To Purify Water Create Toxic By-Products | Impact Lab 2009

  • T cells identify antigens, and the antigen-sensitised T cells produce cytokines and other soluble factors which mediate the hypersensitivity reaction, or else they develop cytotoxicity.

    The Different Types of Dairy Allergy Steve Carper 2006

  • T cells identify antigens, and the antigen-sensitised T cells produce cytokines and other soluble factors which mediate the hypersensitivity reaction, or else they develop cytotoxicity.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Steve Carper 2006

  • For example, often a chemical is tested with both human and animal cells to study its ability to produce cytotoxicity, mutations, and DNA damage.

    Risk assessment of chemical substances 2007

  • A fractionated extract of Astragalus membranaceus potentiates lymphokine-activated killer cell cytotoxicity generated by low-dose recombinant interleukin-2.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

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