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To characterize in detail the concentration-dependency of the effect of well-known immunosuppressive drugs on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS), we performed dynamic perifusion studies with human pancreatic islets. The effect on the time-profile of GSIS has been assessed over a wide concentration range for several clinically relevant immunomodulatory therapies, including small-molecule drugs (cyclosporine, sirolimus, tacrolimus, prednisolone acetate, and loteprednol etabonate) and biologics (abatacept and anti-CD40L), plus a prospective \u03b2-cell proliferation-inducing agent (harmine). While biologics showed no significant detrimental effects after one-day treatment even at relatively high concentrations (5 \u00b5M), all small-molecule drugs inhibited insulin secretion in a concentration-dependent manner, although glucocorticoids showed a distinct response pattern. Calcineurin and mTOR inhibitors preserved GSIS within their therapeutic ranges but progressively distorted its time-profile at higher concentrations and completely suppressed secretion at the highest levels. Cyclosporine exhibited the least, only about 35-fold, separation between its therapeutic target (\n                  <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>\n                  <jats:sub>targ<\/jats:sub>\n                  ) and half-maximal GSIS inhibitory (IC\n                  <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                  ) concentrations. Glucocorticoids did not alter the shape of the time-profile but inhibited overall insulin secretion even at therapeutic levels. Their inhibitory effect only increased slowly with concentration and did not follow a classic sigmoid pattern that has unity Hill slope. 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