Suppression of the humoral immune response by mycophenolate mofetil

Abstract

Suppression of the humoral immune response by MMF has implications for the design of immunization protocols to protect the immunosuppressed, and raises the possibility that MMF use may be accompanied by more or different infections than complicate more conventional immunosuppression. More importantly, consideration should be given to harnessing the relatively specific effect of MMF on antibody production to treat antibody-mediated diseases.