Molecular biology of transplantation

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the mole cules involved in transplant rejection and acceptance. This review highligh ts our current understanding of antigen recognition, signal transduction, a nd effector mechanisms of the immune system. Such information has proven im portant in understanding the action of immunosuppressive drugs and will pro ve useful in the design of new immunotherapies. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karge r AG, Basel.