Definition of "alloreactivity" []

• The reaction of a lymphocyte or antibody with an alloantigen. (noun)

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• "Debré, Judith Kapp, and Carl Waltenbaugh; we analyzed the specificity of cytolytic T lymphocyte in relation to Ir gene function with Steven Burakoff and Robert Finberg and demonstrated how alloreactivity arises as a consequence of the commitment of T lymphocytes to recognize antigen in the context of autologous MHC gene products."
• "Ruggeri et al. demonstrated that NK cell alloreactivity can control relapse of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) without causing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the setting of HLA-mismatched haploidentical allogeneic SCT"
• "Ruggeri L, Capanni M, Urbani E, Perruccio K, Shlomchik WD, et al. (2002) Effectiveness of donor natural killer cell alloreactivity in mismatched hematopoietic transplants."