Overview of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Solid Organ Transplantation.

Anesthesiol Clin

Clinical Research Program, UCLA Department of Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 650 CE Young Drive South, Room 77-123CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7054, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2017

Mechanisms of rejection, new pharmacologic approaches, and genomic medicine are major foci for current research in transplantation. It is hoped that these new agents and personalized immunosuppression will provide for less toxic regimens that are effective in preventing both acute and chronic allograft rejection. Until new agents are available, practitioners must use various combinations of currently approved agents to find the best regimens for improved long-term outcomes.

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