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Mechanisms of allorecognition and organ transplant rejection
1Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic. tosl@medicon.cz
Annals of Transplantation
|May 31, 2002
Abstract:
Recognition of mismatched (foreign) alloantigens on the graft by the recipients T cells initiates allograft rejection. This process is mediated by two mayor mechanisms--direct and indirect allorecognition. Both process are being discussed.