Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity Assay

Measures how effectively an antibody, once bound to a target cell, recruits the complement system to directly kill that cell, without needing any immune effector cell at all.

References

• Giles, F.J., Sanger, W.G., Yee, K.W., et al. "Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity (CDC)." Leukemia 17, no. 12 (2003): 2320–2331.