Tissue transplantation allogenic grafts

For an allogeneic HCT, the recipient and the donor are dissimilar genetically unless they are identical twins (referred to as a syngeneic HCT). The tissue transplanted is immunologi-cally active, and thus there is potential for bidirectional graft... 

Transplantation entails the transfer of living cells/tissue/organs from a donor to a recipient. In some cases (e.g. many skin grafting procedures) the donor and recipient are actually the same individual, and this is termed autologous transplantation. More usually, however, the donor and recipient are different individuals, and this is termed allogeneic transplantation. 

Allogeneic transplantation is complicated by the immune recognition of host tissues by donor T lymphocytes, resulting in a syndrome called graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Because immune... 

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