How does cyclosporin affect the immune system?

What cells types does it affect (more specific than merely white blood cells), how does it counteract the immune system's processes?

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well,cyclosporin is thought to bind to the cytosolic protein cyclophilin (immunophilin) of immunocompetent lymphocytes, especially T-lymphocytes this will organize to :
1- this complex of ciclosporin and cyclophylin inhibits calcineurin, which under majority circumstances is responsible for activating the transcription of interleukin-2.
2- it also inhibits lymphokine production and interleukin release and and so leads to a reduced function of effector T-cells.
3-it have also an effect on mitochondria.
4- cyclosporin A prevents the mitochondrial PT pore from opening and inhibits thus cytochrome c release, a potent apoptotic stimulation factor.
Cyclosporin is the drug that made human organ transplants a going concern. Prior to its nouns, transplantation was constrained to kidneys between twins. Cyclosporin suppresses the immune system in lay down to prevent organ rejection. Cyclosporin is an older drug and is unfamiliar as much on more recent transplant recipients. I recieved my transplant nearly nine years ago and enjoy never used cyclosporin, Newer drugs such as prograf and cell-cept are more targeted to suppress only the aspects of the immune system that mediate rejection. The newere drugs have a reduced risk of allowing other infections to go off and are generally safer.
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