Sirolimus, also known as rapamycin, is a macrocyclic lactone antibiotic produced by bacteria Streptomyces hygroscopicus, which was isolated from the soil of the Vai Atari region of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It was first isolated and identified as an antifungal agent with potent anticandida activity; however, after its potent antitumor and immunosuppressive a...
Sirolimus is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients aged 13 years or older receiving renal transplants. In patients at low-to moderate-immunologic risk, it is recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation. In pati...
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Center For Complex Diseases, Seattle, Washington, United States
Sierra Internal Medicine, Incline Village, Nevada, United States
Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute (DDSI), Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Site # 71038), Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (Site #: 71036), Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Site #: 71026), Los Angeles, California, United States
Karolinska University Hospital Memory clinic, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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