Antibody Dependant Cell Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC)
Type VI Hypersensitivity
Type VI reaction according to the . A phenomenon in which target cells, coated with antibody, are destroyed by
specialized killer cells
( , and ), 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.
kill helminths (parasitic larvae infections) by ADCC.
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