Human Health and Diseases Question 55
55. Which of the following immune responses is responsible for rejection of kidney graft?
(a) Auto-immune response
(b) Humoral immune response
(c) Inflammatory immune response
(d) Cell-mediated immune response
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Answer : d
Hints & Solutions
(d) Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient’s immunesystem, which destroys the transplanted tissue. The body is able to differentiate self and nonself and the cell-mediated response, which is responsible for graft rejection. Immunosuppressant plays an essential role during organ transplantation as they are used to prevent the body from either recognition or attacking the foreign organ via various immune responses.
