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Transplantation Immunology
Definition 1
Studies that pertain to the immunological barriers to transplanting organs and tissues between individuals of different species (xenotransplantation) and between individuals of the same species (allotransplantation). (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A general term for the complex phenomena involved in allo- and xenograft rejection by a host and graft vs host reaction. Although the reactions involved in transplantation immunology are primarily thymus-dependent phenomena of cellular immunity, humoral factors also play a part in late rejection. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 3
the study of the immune response following transplantation of tissue from donor to recipient; mostly, the study of cellular immunity. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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