Transplantation Immunology
"Transplantation Immunology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D014181
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transplantation Immunology" by people in Profiles.
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Immunologic recovery following autologous stem-cell transplantation with pre- and posttransplantation rituximab for low-grade or mantle cell lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2010 Jun; 21(6):1203-1210.
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HLA-mismatched renal transplantation without maintenance immunosuppression. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24; 358(4):353-61.
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Emergence of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Dec; 21(12):1274-82.
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The use of allografts in orthopaedic surgery. Instr Course Lect. 2002; 51:507-20.