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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
Keck Medicine of USC Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States
Peking university people's hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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