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When a person receives an organ transplant from another person how does the immune system respond?
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When a patient receives a bone marrow transplant what vital process is being restored?
The production of white blood cells. Usually if someone receives a marrow transplant it is because they have an immune system disorder. blood purification
Who can have low CD4?
CD4 cells are an important part of your immune system. Many immune-related disorders, including HIV, can cause a low CD4 count. Another example would be someone who has to take immune-suppressive treatment in order to have an organ transplant.
A sentence using transplant?
Recipients are given immuno-suppressant drugs to prevent transplant rejection and attenuate the immune response
The immune response that is stimulated in an organ transplant is?
The immune response that is stimulated in an organ transplant is aimed at fighting any foreign materials in the body. The T cells will reproduce by mitosis so as to provide antigens.
Major histocompatibility complex mch is important in?
The immune system and transplant medicine.
What is another name for infectious disease?
immunosuppressionthe process of preventing the body's immune system from working, for example so that it does not refuse to accept a new organ after a transplant operation
What is the goal of bone marrow transplant?
The goal of the transplant is to rebuild the recipient's blood cells and immune system and hopefully cure the underlying ailment.
Agent that supresses the immune system?
If you're asking what medications supress the immune system, steriods supress the immune system, as do medications given to organ transplant recipients.
Why is a transplant consisting of fetal tissue less likely to provoke an immune rejection response than tissue from an adult?
Why is a transplant consisting of fetal tissue less likely to provoke an immune rejection response than tissue from an adult?
What is the substance that causes the immune system to respond?
lymph
When the immune system does not respond to a particular antigen?
Tolerance exists when the immune system does not respond to a particular antigen. All cells and tissues in the body contain antigens that normally do not stimulate an immune response. The immune system is said to exhibit tolerance toward such antigens.
What are the disadantages of organ transplant?
Except between identical twins; there's always an immune problem, and immunosupressive drugs result in a form of AIDS And when you transplant organs you also transplant other cells (even cancer).
