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Graft-versus-host disease is a common complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. After bone marrow transplantation, T cells present in the graft, either as contaminants or intentionally introduced into the host, attack the tissues of the transplant recipient. Graft-versus-host disease can occur even when HLA-identical sibling are the donors. ...
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The immune reaction against a graft recipient that is mounted by immune-competent cells of a graft.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nri/journal/v2/n6/glossary/nri819_g...
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| graft-versus-host disease |
a condition in which transplanted immune tissue (eg, bone marrow cells) attack the tissues of the new host's body.
Ãâó: www.aegis.com/ni/topics/glossary/g.asp
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An immune response to the body's normal tissue by immune cells present in a donor's transplanted tissue, such as bone marrow or peripheral stem cells.
Ãâó: nydailynews.healthology.com/nydailynews/15836.htm
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| graft-versus-host disease |
After bone marrow transplantation, immune cells in the donated (grafted) material may identify the patient's (host) tissue as foreign and try to destroy them. This can be a serious problem, and drugs are available to combat it. However, in some cases, a GVH reaction actually helps to control the cancer.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/cancer/general/glossary/g....
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