The changing immunology of organ transplantation

Hosp Pract (1995). 1995 Oct 15;30(10):31-4, 37-42. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1995.11443268.

Abstract

The engrafted organ becomes a chimera as the recipient's leukocytes station themselves in the transplant. Remarkably, the recipient becomes chimeric as well, in a reverse migration involving immune cells from the graft. Interactions between donor and recipient cells are tolerogenic--a process with implications for the goal of graft acceptance with minimal immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cell Movement / immunology
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • Graft Survival / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / trends*
  • Organ Transplantation / methods
  • Organ Transplantation / trends*
  • Transplantation Chimera / immunology*
  • Transplantation Immunology / immunology*