- transplantation antigen
-
Immunol.a histocompatibility antigen identified by its effect on the rejection of transplanted cells or tissues.
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
transplantation antigen
Look at other dictionaries:
transplantation antigen — Any antigen that is antigenically active in graft rejection. In practice the major histocompatibility complex and the H Y antigens, and to a lesser extent minor histocompatibility antigens … Dictionary of molecular biology
transplantation antigen — Immunol. a histocompatibility antigen identified by its effect on the rejection of transplanted cells or tissues … Useful english dictionary
tumor-specific transplantation antigen — (TSTA) any of the cell surface histocompatibility antigens of a given tumor that evoke a specific immune response on transplantation to a syngeneic host … Medical dictionary
Transplantation von Organen — Bei einer Transplantation werden entweder Organe, Gewebe oder Körperzellen einem Menschen, manchmal auch einem Tier, entnommen und auf einen anderen Menschen übertragen, weil eines seiner Organe oder auch mehrere ihren Dienst versagen. Es gibt… … Universal-Lexikon
antigen — Any substance that, as a result of coming in contact with appropriate cells, induces a state of sensitivity and/or immune responsiveness after a latent period (days to weeks) and that reacts in a demonstrable way with antibodies and/or immune… … Medical dictionary
tumour specific antigen — (= tumour specific transplantation antigen; TSTA) Antigen on tumour cells detected by cell mediated immunity. For virus transformed cells TSTA (unlike T antigen) is found to differ for different individual tumours induced by the same virus. May… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Duffy antigen system — Duffy blood group, chemokine receptor Identifiers Symbols DARC; CCBP1; CD234; Dfy; FY; GPD External IDs … Wikipedia
Human leukocyte antigen — The human leukocyte antigen system (HLA) is the name of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in humans. The superlocus contains a large number of genes related to immune system function in humans. This group of genes resides on chromosome 6 … Wikipedia
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation — HSCT redirects here. For the supersonic aircraft, see High Speed Civil Transport. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Intervention ICD 9 CM 41.0 MeSH … Wikipedia
Kidney transplantation — or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney in a patient with end stage renal disease. Kidney transplantation is typically classified as deceased donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living donor transplantation depending on… … Wikipedia
