Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to -
- Humoral immune response
- Cell-mediated immune response
- Passive immune response
- Innate immune response
Answer
(2) Cell-mediated immune response
Solution
As per NCERT, the body is able to differentiate 'self' and 'nonself', and the cell-mediated immune response is responsible for graft rejection.
⇒ T-lymphocytes recognise the foreign tissue of the graft and destroy it.
Answer: (2)