The nurse caring for a client who has undergone kidneytransplantation is monitoring the client for organ rejection. The nurse understands that in cases in which the recipient rejects transplanted organs, the cells of the transplanted organs are seen by the body as a(n):

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In cases of organ transplantation, if the recipient's immune system rejects the transplanted organ, it is because the immune system recognizes the cells of the transplanted organ as foreign antigens. This recognition triggers an immune response against the transplanted organ.

The Nurse Caring for a Client Who Has Undergone Kidneytransplantation