Transplant rejection

Transplant rejection
Transplant rejection
	Micrograph showing lung transplant rejection. Lung biopsy. H&E stain.
Specialty	Immunology
Treatment	Immunosuppressive drugs

Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system, which destroys the transplanted tissue. Transplant rejection can be lessened by determining the molecular similitude between donor and recipient and by use of immunosuppressant drugs after transplant.^[1]

^ Frohn C, Fricke L, Puchta JC, Kirchner H (February 2001). "The effect of HLA-C matching on acute renal transplant rejection". Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 16 (2): 355–360. doi:10.1093/ndt/16.2.355. PMID 11158412.

[pmid11158412-1] Frohn C, Fricke L, Puchta JC, Kirchner H (February 2001). "The effect of HLA-C matching on acute renal transplant rejection". Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 16 (2): 355–360. doi:10.1093/ndt/16.2.355. PMID 11158412.

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