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Immunosuppressive Drugs

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Manual of Renal Transplantation

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It is generally agreed that destruction of a kidney transplant from a non-related donor (allograft) is a specific immune phenomenon, which depends upon the integrity (immuno-competence) of the cells of the patient’s immune system. Figure 10-1 shows the cells associated with the immune system; Figure 10-2, the cell lines associated with the inflammatory response, which is suppressed by the immunosuppressive drugs that prevent rejection of the transplant; and Figure 10-3, the structure of the immunoglobulins, which are similar to and probably function as antibodies.

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Chatterjee, S.N. (1979). Immunosuppressive Drugs. In: Manual of Renal Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6139-1_10

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