Definition of "cytolysis" []

• The dissolution or destruction of a cell. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."