KROK 1 2010 – Question 153 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A female patient underwent liver transplantation. 1,5 month after it her condition became worse because of reaction of transplant rejection. What factor of immune system plays the leading part in this reaction?
- A. T-helpers
- B. B-lymphocytes
- C. Interleukin-1
- D. T-killers
- E. Natural killers
Hint
Consider the mechanism of acute graft rejection weeks after transplantation and which immune element is the main effector of tissue destruction.
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