2020 Online Salon
Kidney Wars: Attack of the Cells
Project Details
- Entrant Name: Avesta Rastan
- Membership Type: Student Submission
- Other Contributors: Avesta Rastan
- Address: Toronto, Ontario Canada
- Client: University of Toronto
- Copyright: 2019 Avesta Rastan
- Medium/software used: Photoshop, Illustrator
- Final presentation format: Print, 2-page magazine spread
- Primary Audience: Lay audience
Project Description
This piece illustrates the pathogenesis of acute cellular rejection of a kidney transplant. Organ rejection is highly common and happens when the recipient’s immune system recognizes the organ as foreign. It occurs due to differences in HLA alleles, which encode surface proteins on the organ’s cells. This mismatch triggers the host’s immune system to recruit myriad immune cells, which attack the organ. This piece is meant to educate a general audience who is interested in learning more about organ rejection.
