Topical Terminology > Antibody-dependent, Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity (Adcc)
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Antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)
For Antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) we have a term and definition in Immunization.
Antibody-dependent, Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity (Adcc) (Immunization) 
A phenomenon in which target cells, coated with antibody, are destroyed by specialized killer cells (NK cells and macrophages), which bear receptors for the Fc portion of the coating antibody (Fc receptors). These receptors allow the killer cells to bind to the anti-body-coated target.
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