title: Drug immunosuppression therapy for adult heart transplantation. Part 2: clinical applications and results.
abstract: This review describes the clinical application of classical immunosuppressive drugs as well as that of more recent drugs. All current immunosuppressive drugs target T-cell activation, and cytokine production and clonal expansion, or both. Immunosuppressive protocols can be broadly divided into induction therapy, maintenance immunosuppression, and treatment of acute rejection episodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. xavier.mueller@usherbrooke.ca
authors.forename: Xavier M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000188:drug therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents