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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site, Bern, Switzerland
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Regensburg University, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado, United States
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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