The term cytokine is derived from a combination of two Greek words - cyto meaning cell and kinos meaning movement. Cytokines are cell signalling molecules that aid cell to cell communication in immune responses and stimulate the movement of cells towards sites of inflammation, infection and trauma.
Organs that have been successfully transplanted include the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and thymus. Some organs, like the brain, cannot be transplanted. Tissues include bones, tendons (both referred to as musculoskeletal grafts), corneae, skin, heart valves, nerves and veins.
2. (intr) to be capable of being transplanted. 3. (Surgery) surgery to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another during a grafting or transplant operation. n. 4. (Surgery) surgery. a. the procedure involved in such a transfer. b. the organ or tissue transplanted.