transplant rejection
Body attacks graft
Transplant rejection is the immune system's attack on a transplanted organ or tissue, recognizing it as foreign.
The body treats the new kidney, heart, or liver as an invader and works to destroy it.
Recipients take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection: The patient showed early signs of transplant rejection.
Rejection can be acute (sudden) or chronic (gradual).
- graft-versus-hostDonor immunity attacks recipient
- white blood cellsPathogen-fighting components of plasma
- antigenImmune response inducer
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- immunosuppressantsDrugs reducing body defenses
organ transplantation · waiting list · second chance · antibody · xenotransplantation · isograft · B-cell · sensitization · corticosteroids · organ failure · donor matching · tissue typing · cytokine · attack · kidney · fever · foreign · foreign body
- Immune Disordersautoimmune disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes
- transplantsorgan donation, allograft, autograft, autotransplant, xenotransplant
- transplant immunityallograft, immunosuppression, donor matching, tissue matching, tissue typing
- immunityimmune, immunity, immune system, immune response, immune cells
- immunologyimmune system, immune response, antibodies, antigens, immunity
- Histocompatibilitytissue typing, MHC class II, tissue matching, HLA-B27, crossmatch
immunological outcome
transplant rejectiontolerance induction
Creating immunological acceptance of antigens