Isograft

Isograft

An Isograft is a graft of tissue between two individuals who are genetically identical (i.e. monozygotic twins). Transplant rejection between two such individuals virtually never occurs.

As monozygotic twins have the same major histocompatibility complex, there is very rarely any rejection of transplanted tissue by the adaptive immune system. Furthermore, there is virtually no incidence of graft-versus-host disease. This forms the basis for why the proffered choice of a physician considering an organ donor will be a monozygotic twin.


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  • isograft — isograft. См. изографт. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • isograft — noun Date: 1958 a homograft between genetically identical or nearly identical individuals • isograft transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • isograft — SYN: syngraft. * * * iso·graft ī sə .graft n a homograft between genetically identical or nearly identical individuals isograft vt * * * iso·graft (iґso graft″) syngraft …   Medical dictionary

  • isograft — n. [Gr. isos, equal; graphion, stylus] Tissue graft between animals of the same genotype …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • isograft — /uy seuh graft , grahft /, n. Surg. syngraft. [1905 10; ISO + GRAFT1] * * * …   Universalium

  • isograft — noun A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically identical individuals (i.e. monozygotic twins) …   Wiktionary

  • isograft — n. graft taken from an individual who is genetically identical to the recipient (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • isograft — iso·graft …   English syllables

  • isograft — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at iso +ˌ noun ( s) Etymology: is + graft : homograft …   Useful english dictionary

  • изографт — isograft изографт. Tкань, трансплантируемая от особи к особи с идентичными генотипами (в пределах одной изогенной линии). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995… …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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