Passenger leukocyte

Passenger leukocyte

A passenger leukocyte is an immunological concept that is an important concept in transplatation biology. The term was conined in 1968 when Elkins and Guttmann showed that leukocytes present in a donor initiate an immune response in the recipient of a transplant. [Elkins, W.L. and Guttmann, R.D. 1968. Pathogenesis of a local graft versus host reaction:immunogecity of circulating host leukocytes. "Science" 159:1250]

ee also

*History of immunology

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