Consider the following four statements (I-IV) regarding kidney transplant and select the two correct ones out of these. I. Even if a kidney transplant is proper the recipient may need to take immunosuppressants for a long time. II. The cell-mediated immune response is responsible for the graft rejection. III. The B-lymphocytes are responsible for rejection of the graft. IV. The acceptance or rejection of a kidney tra

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Grafts from just any source – an animal, another primate, or any human beings cannot be made since the grafts would be rejected sooner or later. Tissue matching, blood group matching are essential before undertaking any graft/transplant and even after this the patient has to take immuno–suppresants all his/her life. The body is able to differentiate ‘self’ and ‘nonself’ and the cell-mediated immune response is responsible for the graft rejection.