When a Patient Is Given a Heart Transplant, the Patient

question 181

Multiple Choice

When a patient is given a heart transplant, the patient may be treated with cyclosporine A, which suppresses T-helper cells.What do you predict the effects of this drug might be?

• A) The drug will cause an autoimmune reaction, allowing the patient's immune system to accept the transplanted heart, but will make the patient more susceptible to an autoimmune disease.
• B) The drug will prevent T-helper cells from secreting interleukins, allowing a more successful acceptance of the foreign heart, but could result in an overproduction of B cells that ultimately phagocytize the transplanted heart.
• C) The drug will cause the transplanted heart to be recognized as self by altering the class I MHC molecules on the heart cells, but this could ultimately result in an autoimmune disease.
• D) The drug will suppress the rejection of the heart transplant, and the patient will be more susceptible to infections and cancer.
• E) The drug will reduce the effectiveness of the humoral immune response but not the cellular immune response, making the patient less likely to reject the transplanted heart.

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