Search Results for: organ transplant

post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder

A condition in which a group of B-cells grow out of control after an organ transplant in patients with weakened immune systems. This usually happens if the … [Read more...]

recipient

In medicine, a person who receives blood, cells, tissue, or an organ from another person, such as in a blood transfusion or an organ transplant. … [Read more...]

PTLD

A condition in which a group of B-cells grow out of control after an organ transplant in patients with weakened immune systems. This usually happens if the … [Read more...]

immunosuppression

Suppression of the body's immune system and its ability to fight infections and other diseases. Immunosuppression may be deliberately induced with drugs, as in … [Read more...]

human lymphocyte antigen

One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play an important part in the body's immune response to foreign … [Read more...]

human leukocyte antigen

One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play an important part in the body's immune response to foreign … [Read more...]

HLA

One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play an important part in the body's immune response to foreign … [Read more...]

donor

In medicine, a person who gives blood, cells, tissue, or an organ for use in another person, such as in a blood transfusion or an organ transplant. … [Read more...]

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

Regulatory T cells that express CD4 and CD25 (interleukin 2 receptor) antigens, with immunomodulating activity.. CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (Tregs), a subset … [Read more...]

xenograft

The transplant of an organ, tissue, or cells to an individual of another species. … [Read more...]