tissue rejection
Body attacks graft
Tissue rejection is the immune system's attack on transplanted organs or tissue, recognizing them as foreign.
The body treats the new tissue as an invader and works to destroy it.
Rejection remains the central challenge of organ transplantation, managed through immunosuppressive drugs that dampen the immune response: The patient showed signs of tissue rejection within weeks of the transplant.
- organ transplantMoving tissue between bodies
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- immune responseBody fighting foreign threats
- immuneProtected from harm
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
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- transplant immunityallograft, immunosuppression, organ transplant, donor matching, graft-versus-host
- transplant rejection
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