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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The dissolution or destruction of a cell.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, the destruction or degeneration of cells.

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  • noun The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis.

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  • noun pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

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  • The strong cytotoxic activity of our UCB-derived NK cells against various tumor cell lines as well as the cytolysis of primary AML cells were displayed by specific lysis, CD107a-mediated degranulation and the production of IFNγ.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010

  • Functional analysis showed that these ex vivo-generated NK cells efficiently target myeloid leukemia and melanoma tumor cell lines, and mediate cytolysis of primary leukemia cells at low NK-target ratios.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010

  • Functional analysis showed that these ex vivo-generated NK cells efficiently target myeloid leukemia and melanoma tumor cell lines, and mediate cytolysis of primary leukemia cells at low NK-target ratios.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010

  • The strong cytotoxic activity of our UCB-derived NK cells against various tumor cell lines as well as the cytolysis of primary AML cells were displayed by specific lysis, CD107a-mediated degranulation and the production of IFNγ.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010

  • Functional analysis showed that these ex vivo-generated NK cells efficiently target myeloid leukemia and melanoma tumor cell lines, and mediate cytolysis of primary leukemia cells at low NK-target ratios.

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • Conversely, despite a significant reduction of cytolysis levels by 23. 22\% and of IR by 21. 4\%, valsartan did not improved liver histology (except steatosis) and had no effect on plasma lipids.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • They compared the efficacy of telmisartan vs valsartan in a randomized double blind pilot trial assessing insulin resistance, cytolysis and NASH activity score (NAS) in 54 patients with NASH and mild-to moderate hypertension.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • By observing in clinical conditions significant reduction of insulin resistance by both ARBs, as well as a moderate decrease of cytolysis, the study confirms that ARBs not only can correct hypertension, but also can act by preventing and treating steatohepatitis as an end-organ effect of metabolic syndrome.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • The Ruhl method involved enzymatic dissociation of myenteric plexus samples, the purification of enteric glial cells via complement-mediated cytolysis of contaminating cells, and transformation by retroviral gene transfer.

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  • The group followed-up the patients for 20 months observing that although serum aminotransferases did not normalize in either group, telmisartan reduced cytolysis by 30. 28\% and improved insulin resistance by 42. 63\% consequently with a significant decrease of NAS and fibrosis scores and an amelioration of the lipid profile.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

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