A 46-year-old Caucasian male presented to the hospital in fulminant liver failure secondary to prolonged alcohol abuse. He received a liver transplantation two days ago from an unrelated donor. His post-operative course has been uncomplicated thus far.
-The patient's clinical status and lab values will be closely monitored for two weeks following his transplant.If he experiences graft rejection,what type of cells will be primarily responsible?

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T cytotoxic cells, also known as CD8+ T cells, are primarily responsible for recognizing and eliminating any cells in the body that are not "self," such as foreign tissue in a transplanted organ. If the patient experiences graft rejection, it is likely due to an immune response mounted by these cells against the transplanted liver. The other cell types listed (T memory cells, natural killer cells, and T helper cells) may also play a role in the immune response, but are not the primary effector cells in graft rejection.

A 46-Year-Old Caucasian Male Presented to the Hospital in Fulminant