Description
CyclosporinAisacyclicpeptidethatexhibitsimmunosuppressiveactivity.CyclosporinAisclinicallyusedtopreventrejectioninorgantransplantsandtotreatorpreventgraft-versus-hostdisease(GvHD).CyclosporinAbindscyclophilin,inhibitingcalcineurinanddecreasinglevelsofIL-2andactivatedTcells.CyclosporinAalsoshowsbenefitinthetreatmentoftraumaticbraininjury.