Vaccines, Immunology and Clinical Trials

Transplant Immunology

Transplant immunology is more about the rejections that take place during the transplantations. It is the study of the immunologic reaction of a recipient due to transplanted organs or tissues from a histo-incompatible recipient. The immune response depends on the presence of antigens in the grafted tissue. If these antigens are absent in the recipient it is recognized as a foreign substance.

The transplant rejection can be reduced by taking the immunosuppressive drugs before and after transplantation and checking the match between the donor and recipients. The transplant rejection is the response of the adaptive immune system by both cellular immunity and humoral immunity.