Steroid withdrawal or avoidance in renal transplant recipients

• Main Authors: Chang, S.H., Tan, Si Yen
• 格式: Article
• 出版: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2006
• 主题: R Medicine (General)
• 在线阅读: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24430/; https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/4533

Steroids remain an important component of maintenance immunosuppression after renal transplantation. Their anti-inflammatory action is partly due to the sequestration of CD4+ lymphocytes in the reticuloendothelial system. Steroids bind to intracellular receptors and the resulting steroid-receptor c...