title: Current status of organ transplantation.
abstract: Recent advances in the understanding of mechanisms of graft rejection and in the prevention and treatment of rejection are discussed. The clinical success of kidney, liver, heart, and pancreas transplants is analyzed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation