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[Doki]

What is the difference between Antibody-dependent Complement-mediated Cytotoxicity and Complement-dependent Cytotoxicity?

Making my question clearer : When we say CDC. does it mean both classical and alternative pathway or conventioanlly it only refers to classical pathway only? I suppose Ab-dependent complement mediated cytotoxicity refres to only classical pathway. Or, can they be used interchangeably?

Edited by Nabi, 25 May 2009 - 07:28 PM.

[hugok]

Nabi, on May 25 2009, 08:21 PM, said:

What is the difference between Antibody-dependent Complement-mediated Cytotoxicity and Complement-dependent Cytotoxicity?

Making my question clearer : When we say CDC. does it mean both classical and alternative pathway or conventioanlly it only refers to classical pathway only? I suppose Ab-dependent complement mediated cytotoxicity refres to only classical pathway. Or, can they be used interchangeably?

I believe both terms, ab-dependent CDC and CDC refer to the same phenomena.
And it refers only to the classical pathway (ab activated pathway)