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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.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Elkins, W.L. and Guttmann, R.D. 1968. Pathogenesis of a local graft versus host reaction:immunogecity of circulating host leukocytes. Science 159:1250
 
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