Immunologic evaluation during the first year of life of infants born to cyclosporine-treated female kidney transplant recipients : Analysis of lymphocyte subpopulations and immunoglobulin serum levels

Background.In rodents, CsA has been shown to affect T-cell development, giving rise to an abnormal production of mature T cells and the absence of many T-cell subsets as well as to autoimmunity. Surprisingly, only a few studies investigated the effect of the immunosuppressive drug on the immune syst