GvHD
What is GvHD
GvHD occurs when immune cells transplanted from a donor (the graft) recognize the transplant recipient (the host) as foreign, thereby initiating an immune reaction that causes disease in the transplant recipient.1,2,3
1. Justiz Vaillant AA, et al. Graft versus host disease. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2020. Updated September 19, 2020. Accessed August 20, 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538235;
2. Henden AS, Hill GR. J Immunol. 2015;194(10):4604-4612. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1500117;
3. Ramachandran V, et al. Dermatol Clin. 2019;37(4):569-582. doi:10.1016/j.det.2019.05.014;
