CYTOLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytolysis mean? 

• CYTOLYSIS (noun)
  The noun CYTOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

  Familiarity information: CYTOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOLYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("cytolysis" is a kind of...):

lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)

Derivation:

cytolytic (of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell)

 Context examples 

This complex is involved in leukocyte adhesion, cytolysis, helper T-cell interactions, and antibody-dependent killing by natural killer cells and granulocytes.

(Integrin AlphaL/Beta2, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in activation of cytolysis by natural killer cells, CD8 alpha-beta T cells, and gamma-delta T cells.

(MHC Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence B, NCI Thesaurus)

Any process that decreases the frequency, rate or extent of cytolysis.

(Negative Regulation of Cytolytic Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the processes involved in cytolysis of a target cell by effector lymphocytes, such as cytotoxic T lymphocytes or NK cells; it may be antibody-dependent or independent.

(Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cell-mediated cytolysis.

(GZMB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the mediation of cytolysis of infected cells.

(Perforin-1, NCI Thesaurus)

The complement system also plays a role in antibody-dependent cytolysis, anaphylaxis, phagocytosis, opsonization, chemotaxis, and hemolysis.

(Complement Degradation Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived by boiling impure water and condensing the resultant steam in a sterile container, distilled water has been shown to kill bladder cancer cells in vitro through osmotic lysis (cytolysis)

(Distilled Water, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, HER2Bi-armed activated T cells attach to CD3-expressing T cells and HER2/neu-expressing tumor cells, selectively cross-linking T cells and tumor cells; this may result in the recruitment and activation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTLs), CTL perforin-mediated tumor cell cytolysis, and the secretion of antitumor cytokines and chemokines.

(HER2Bi-Armed Activated T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)