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recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation.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...
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Rocky Mountain Clinical Research - CenExel - PPDS, 701 East Hampden Avenue Suite 510, Englewood, Colorado, United States
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St., Tel Aviv, Israel
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
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