Cyclosporine

Japanese: cyclosporine
Cyclosporine

… The success rate of heart transplants has improved due to the ability to select donors with a tissue type that matches the transplant, as well as advances in transplant immunosuppression to prevent rejection. In addition to metabolic antagonists, adrenal cortical hormones, and anti-human lymphocyte serum, which were previously used as immunosuppressants, cyclosporine, FK407, etc. have been used since 1980, and the prognosis of various organ transplants has improved significantly, and heart transplants are no exception. Problems that remain to be solved in the future include the development of methods to preserve donor hearts for long periods, given that one-third of people who need heart transplants die while waiting for surgery, and research into better immunosuppression methods, as infection due to immunosuppression remains a major issue. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cyclosporine" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… 心臓移植の成績が向上してきたのは,組織型のよく適合した提供者が選べるようになったこととともに,拒絶反応を防止する移植免疫抑制法が進歩したためである。免疫抑制剤として従来用いられていた代謝拮抗剤,副腎皮質ホルモン,抗ヒトリンパ球血清のほかに,1980年以後はシクロスポリンcyclosporine,FK407等が使用されるようになって,各種臓器移植の予後は著しく改善されており,心臓移植もその例外ではない。今後に残された問題は,心臓移植を必要とする人が手術を待っている間にその1/3が死亡する現実からみて,提供心臓を長時間保存する方法の開発であり,また免疫抑制法に基づく感染も依然として大きな課題の一つであるため,より優れた免疫抑制法の研究等があげられる。…

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