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The contrast between four classes of immunosuppressive drugs.
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The immunosuppressive drugs are used in patients undergoing organ transplant and autoimmune disorders. These drugs will effectively kill both activated T-cell and T-cells. When tissue graft from another individual is donated to the recipient, the MHC proteins are identical, and immune cells will think the donated tissue as a foreign organism and try to destroy it. Therefore, to avoid the rejection, the immunosuppressive drugs are employed.
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Ch. 18 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 18 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 18 - Prob. 2TMWCh. 18 - A Case of AIDS A 25-year-old man is admitted to...Ch. 18 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 18 - The immunoglobulin class that mediates type I...Ch. 18 - The major inflammatory mediator released by...Ch. 18 - Hemolytic disease of the new born is caused by...Ch. 18 - Farmers lung is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis...Ch. 18 - A positive tuberculin skin test indicates that a...
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