Roitt's Essential Immunology

Thirteenth Edition

Peter J. Delves, Seamus J. Martin, Dennis R. Burton, Ivan M. Roitt

Single Best Answer Questions

Chapter 16, Question 1.

1. The single best chance of a tissue graft being accepted in a human recipient is if it is:

A An isograft

B An allograft given under the cover of potent immunosuppression

C A xenograft from a pig in which the gene for alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase has been 'knocked-out' and therefore the Galα-1,3-Gal epitope eliminated

D Given to a recipient that is treated with anti-CD3

E From a living sibling donor