Exam 30: Transplantation: Hla, Solid Organ, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Match the HLA typing technique with its basic principle. -Combination of alloantibody and lymphocyte membrane indicated by cell death allowing penetration of vital dye such as trypan blue.

Match the HLA typing technique with its basic principle. -Microparticles coated with purified HLA molecules

Match the groups receiving therapy with their risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). -Children with severe congenital immunodeficiency syndromes involving T lymphocytes

The mainstay of immunosuppression therapy in transplantation is

The most efficient method of preventing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is

Match the groups receiving therapy with their risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). -Recipients of autologous or allogeneic bone marrow grafts

Immunosuppression is used for the maintenance of the transplant.

Match the terms with the appropriate definition. -Allograft

Immunosuppression is used for induction (intense immunosuppression in the initial days after transplantation).

If an organ is rejected within 1 week after transplant (acute rejection), the predominant mechanism is ______-mediated.

Corneas can be easily transplanted from one human to another because the cornea is

Match the groups receiving therapy with their risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). -Patients with aplastic anemia receiving antithymocyte globulin

In posttransfusion graft-versus-host reaction, symptoms begin within ________ day(s) after transfusion.

Match the terms with the appropriate definition. -Autograft

Rejection of a graft displays the key feature(s) of adaptive immunity, which is

Match the groups receiving therapy with their risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). -Patients receiving total-body radiation or immunosuppressive therapy for disorders such as lymphoma and acute leukemia

Match the groups receiving therapy with their risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). -Infants receiving intrauterine transfusions, followed by exchange transfusions, and possibly infants receiving only exchange transfusions

Immunosuppression is used for the suppression of established rejection.

Patients who are severely immunocompromised or immunosuppressed are unable to reject donor cells.

The most accelerated type of graft rejection is called __________ rejection.