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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Medizinische Univ Klinik Koln, Koln, Germany
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
University of Wisconsin - Department of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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