The strong allogeneic response to donor MHC molecules in transplantation and the weak response to tumor antigens represent two important and divergent but potentially interactive immune responses.

During this time, we will protect you from infections and bleeding. You may spend up to 3 weeks at the hospital after a stem cell transplant. Full recovery takes several months. When they work well, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina reports that the survival rate for patients in their Bone and Marrow Transplant Program is higher than the national average. A ...

After an allogeneic stem cell transplant, a recipient’s body faces a daunting task: rebuilding the person’s blood-forming and immune systems from the ground up from a relatively small number of “seed” ...

Following skin transplantation, cutaneous dendritic ... cell-mediated cytotoxic responses and trigger acute rejection of an allogeneic skin graft. The indirect allorecognition pathway is required ...

The study was conducted in partnership with Uppsala University Hospital ... in humans for overcoming allogeneic and autoimmune rejection with pancreatic islet cell transplantation in type 1 ...