Organism Function
transplantation immunology
trans·plan·ta·tion im·mu·nol·o·gy
Definitions related to transplantation immunology:
  • A general term for the complex phenomena involved in allo- and xenograft rejection by a host and graft vs host reaction. Although the reactions involved in transplantation immunology are primarily thymus-dependent phenomena of cellular immunity, humoral factors also play a part in late rejection.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Studies that pertain to the immunological barriers to transplanting organs and tissues between individuals of different species (xenotransplantation) and between individuals of the same species (allotransplantation).
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The study of the immune response following transplantation of tissue from donor to recipient; mostly, the study of cellular immunity.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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