Males Engrafted with HLA-Identical Bone Marrow from Their Sisters Develop

question 70

Multiple Choice

Males engrafted with HLA-identical bone marrow from their sisters develop graft-versus-host disease because _____.

• A)T cells develop in the male thymus that are not tolerant to minor histocompatibility antigens expressed by the sister
• B)mature T cells in the graft have specificity for male-specific minor histocompatibility antigens
• C)there are differences between the sexes in how self proteins are modified post-translationally
• D)NK-cell alloreactions occur
• E)residual female hormones in the graft cause upregulation of HLA class I on male dendritic cells presenting minor histocompatibility antigens.

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