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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
Yogi Chopra, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California, United States
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Endocrinologia II, Pisa, PI, Italy
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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