 Sirolimus
"Sirolimus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A macrolide compound obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus that acts by selectively blocking the transcriptional activation of cytokines thereby inhibiting cytokine production. It is bioactive only when bound to IMMUNOPHILINS. Sirolimus is a potent immunosuppressant and possesses both antifungal and antineoplastic properties.
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D020123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.540.505.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Rapamune- Rapamune
- Wyeth Brand of Sirolimus
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sirolimus" by people in Profiles.
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Hendrickson RJ, Sujka J, Fischer R, Manalang M, Daniel J, Andrews WS. Indications and efficacy of conversion from tacrolimus- to sirolimus-based immunosuppression in pediatric patients who underwent liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma. Pediatr Transplant. 2019 05; 23(3):e13369.
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Qian P, He XC, Paulson A, Li Z, Tao F, Perry JM, Guo F, Zhao M, Zhi L, Venkatraman A, Haug JS, Parmely T, Li H, Dobrowsky RT, Ding WX, Kono T, Ferguson-Smith AC, Li L. The Dlk1-Gtl2 Locus Preserves LT-HSC Function by Inhibiting the PI3K-mTOR Pathway to Restrict Mitochondrial Metabolism. Cell Stem Cell. 2016 Feb 04; 18(2):214-28.
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Acquazzino MA, Fischer RT, Langnas A, Coulter DW. Refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia after intestinal transplant responding to conversion from a calcineurin to mTOR inhibitor. Pediatr Transplant. 2013 Aug; 17(5):466-71.
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Fischer RT, Turnquist HR, Wang Z, Beer-Stolz D, Thomson AW. Rapamycin-conditioned, alloantigen-pulsed myeloid dendritic cells present donor MHC class I/peptide via the semi-direct pathway and inhibit survival of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in vitro and in vivo. Transpl Immunol. 2011 Jul; 25(1):20-6.
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Turnquist HR, Fischer RT, Thomson AW. Pharmacological modification of dendritic cells to promote their tolerogenicity in transplantation. Methods Mol Biol. 2010; 595:135-48.
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Fischer R, Turnquist HR, Taner T, Thomson AW. Use of rapamycin in the induction of tolerogenic dendritic cells. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2009; (188):215-32.
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Turnquist HR, Raimondi G, Zahorchak AF, Fischer RT, Wang Z, Thomson AW. Rapamycin-conditioned dendritic cells are poor stimulators of allogeneic CD4+ T cells, but enrich for antigen-specific Foxp3+ T regulatory cells and promote organ transplant tolerance. J Immunol. 2007 Jun 01; 178(11):7018-31.
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