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<term>
  <id>13069</id>
  <title>immune cytolysis</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - immune cytolysis</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.13069</doi>
  <code>13069</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: immune cytolysis</synonym>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>1) Cell lysis caused by a lesion produced by the action of complement proteins on the antibody-coated plasma membrane of a cell.
2) Cell lysis following plasma membrane reaction with perforins released by natural killer (NK) cells.</text>
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        <item>
          <term>natural killer (NK) cells</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13499</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>perforins</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13549</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1153 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'immune cytolysis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13069</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-06-30T05:58:23+00:00</accessed>
</term>
