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Review
. 2019:1899:159-180.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8938-6_12.

Immune Tolerance and Rejection in Organ Transplantation

Jessica Stolp  1 , Masaaki Zaitsu  1 , Kathryn J Wood  2
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Review

Immune Tolerance and Rejection in Organ Transplantation

Jessica Stolp et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2019.

Abstract

In this chapter, we describe the history of transplantation, the multiple cell types, and mechanisms that are involved in rejection and tolerance of a transplanted organ, as well as summarize the common and promising new therapeutics used in transplant patients.

Keywords: B cells; Cell therapy; Clinical symptoms of rejection; Immune mechanisms of rejection; Immunosuppression; Organ transplant; Regulatory cells; T cells; Transplant tolerance.

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