Exam 17: Transplantation Immunology

A 25- year-old female is in kidney failure and needs a transplant.She is A positive and HLA A1A3/B5B7/C2C9/DR4DR8.Which of the following donors would be the best match?

Which test would be best to determine the actual genotype in an HLA matching?

Transplantation of an individual's skin from one place to another is an example of a(n):

Which term applies to the type of graft rejection that begins within a few weeks or months after transplantation of an organ and is due to CD8 reactive T cells?

The type of rejection that occurs within minutes to hours due to preformed antibody is known as:

Graft-versus-host disease results under which conditions?

When foreign HLA antigens are presented by antigen-presenting cells to T cells,this is known as:

When a complement-dependent cytotoxicity test was performed using standard antibodies to HLA A1,A3,B2,and B11,the following microscopic results were obtained: a majority of blue cells were seen with anti-A1,A3,and B11.Based on these results,what is the phenotype of the donor cells?

Which antigens are most important in matching for tissue transplants?