1. IMMUNOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL MONITORING IN THE CLINICAL USE OF CYCLOSPORIN A
- Author
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P. A. Keown, William Wall, W Howson, Sinclair Nr, Calvin R. Stiller, Ulan Ra, and G Carruthers
- Subjects
business.industry ,T-Lymphocytes ,Graft Survival ,Cyclosporins ,General Medicine ,Serum concentration ,Pharmacology ,Kidney Transplantation ,Peptides, Cyclic ,Graft function ,Transplantation ,Antigen ,Cyclosporin a ,Immunology ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Immune reactivity ,Medicine ,business ,Individual Adjustment ,Adverse effect ,Immunosuppressive Agents - Abstract
Immunological reactivity to donor antigens and serum concentrations of cyclosporin A were monitored in six patients after renal transplantation. At concentrations of 0.1-1.0 μg/ml cyclosporin A prevented both donor-specific immune reactivity and clinical rejection during the early post-transplant course. Measurement of cyclosporin A levels and immunological indices allowed individual adjustment of the dosage so as to give excellent early graft function with few adverse effects.
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- 1981