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Objective:To investigate the distribution of blood concentration of cyclosporine (CsA) in patients with autoimmune disease in China, and analyze the effect of genetic polymorphisms of CsA-metabolizing enzymes, transporters and target enzymes on CsA levels.Methods:Steady-state trough blood concentrations (CsA C 0) of 193 patients' were detected by enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique. The genotype of the following sites in the included patients were sequenced by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR): cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A420230C>T, CYP3A56986A>G, ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1)1236C>T, ABCB12677G>T/A, ABCB13435C>T, cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) 1508 C>T and formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) C>G were sequenced by RT-PCR. The influence of the gene polymorphism of the above-mentioned sites on the blood concentration of CsA was analyzed by using One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), LSD- t test, Chi-square test. Results:One hundred and ninety-three patients included took CsA. The doses ranged from 75-200 mg/d and the patients' blood concentration distribution span was wide (33.0-313.8 ng/ml). The daily dose ( χ2=21.908, P=0.001) and age( F=4.262, P=0.006) had significant effect on the plasma concentration of CsA. ABCB12677G>T/A (rs2032582) gene polymorphism impacted on the unit dose of CsA C 0 (CsA C 0/d), CsA C 0/d [(0.81±0.42) ng·ml -1·mg -1] in wild type (GG) was higher than heterozygous mutant [GT/GA, (0.65±0.30) ng·ml -1·mg -1, P=0.023) and homozygous mutant (TT/AA/TA, (0.66±0.34) ng·ml -1·mg -1, P=0.039). Conclusion:The blood concentration of patients varies greatly among individuals. The Cold of CsA in wild type patients with ABCB12677G>T/A gene is signifficantly higher than that in mutant patients.