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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Concord Repatriation Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, United States
National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Ospedale Cisanello-Endocrinology II, Pisa, Italy
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