A Bone Marrow Transplant May Not Be Appropriate from a Given

question 62

Multiple Choice

A bone marrow transplant may not be appropriate from a given donor (Jane) to a given recipient (Jane's cousin Bob) , even though Jane has previously given blood for one of Bob's needed transfusions, because ________.

• A) Jane's major histocompatibility (MHC) proteins may not be a match
• B) a blood-type match is less stringent than a match required for transplant because blood is more tolerant of change
• C) Jane is heterozygous for MHC genes but Bob is not
• D) Jane's MHC class II genes are not expressed in bone marrow
• E) Bob's immune response is impaired

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