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Old Thu Mar 31, 2011, 07:56 AM
Karenish Karenish is offline
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how ATG works.... I think

In very layman terms, I think the ATG enters the system and the rogue T cell/s bands his/her army to attack this and leave your bone marrow alone, then the cyclosporine jumps in and suppresses your immune system thus rendering the rouge Tcell/s without the troops i.e. army is squished. (this is why we become vulnerable to bugs). ATG then leaves the system by the usual method, (toileting etc) and the cyclosporine keeps the big army suppressed while your bone marrow (stem cells) recovers and starts producing your own blood stuff.
Hopefully then you slowly reduce the cyclosporine and either go into full remission on partial. Not sure what stops the rogue T cells from returning...maybe someone a bit more knowlegeable can help with that one?
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