Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 37
37. Consider the following four statements (i-iv) regarding kidney transplant and select the two correct ones out of these.
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(i) Even if a kidney transplant is proper the recipient may need to take immune suppresants for a long time
(ii) The cell mediated immune response is responsible for the graft rejection
(iii) The B lymphocytes are responsible for rejection of the graft
(iv) The acceptance or rejection of a kidney transplant depends on specific interferons
(a) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(b) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i) and (ii)
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Answer : d
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(d) Tissue and blood group matching are essential before undertaking kidney transplant. Even if kidney transplant is proper, the recipient may need to take immuno suppresant all his/ her life. The ability of body to differentiate self and nonself and the cell-mediated immune response is responsible for graft rejection.
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