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South African Medical Journal, 2016 Sirolimus is an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), used as an immunosuppressant for solid-organ transplant recipients and patients with autoimmune disorders. We report a case of lymphoedema, a rare complication of sirolimus, and discuss the mechanism of drug action, the adverse effects and the challenges of treating a kidney ...
Kagiso G Motse, Mduduzi J Mashabane
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2012 FUNDAMENTO: A rápida endotelização pós-implante de stent é ocorrência desejável por teoricamente reduzir a possibilidade de trombose do stent. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a extensão da endotelização de hastes de stents eluidores de sirolimus (liberados da face ...
Celso Kiyochi Takimura +6 more
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Antilymphoid antibody preconditioning and tacrolimus monotherapy for pediatric kidney transplantation [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: Heavy post-transplant immunosuppression may contribute to long-term immunosuppression dependence by subverting tolerogenic mechanisms; thus, we sought to determine if this undesirable consequence could be mitigated by pretransplant lymphoid ...
Abhay N. Vats +52 more
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Stent implant follow-up in intravascular optical coherence tomography images [PDF]
, 2009 The objectives of this article are (i) to utilize computer methods in detection of stent struts imaged in vivo by optical coherence tomography (OCT) during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI); (ii) to provide measurements for the assessment ...
Carlier, Stephane Guy +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study elucidates macrophage‐induced orbital fibrosis in TED via the GAS6‐AXL pathway, a treatment‐resistant disorder lacking non‐surgical therapies. Using a novel patient cell‐derived orthotopic animal model of orbital fibrosis for TED, we repurpose an existing fibrosis therapy, addressing the absence of stable models and offering a potential ...
Lu Cheng +14 more
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mTOR inhibitor reduces nontumour-related death in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Molecular BiomedicineSirolimus is a regularly applied immunosuppressant for patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sirolimus not only significantly inhibits HCC recurrence but also protects renal function.
Lincheng Zhang +14 more
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Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2019 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of opportunistic infections post solid organ transplant and remains a cause of morbidity and mortality. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors has a theoretical antiviral advantage compared to conventional immunosuppression.
Ali M Shendi +4 more
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Acute sirolimus overdose: a multicenter case series. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 There are few data relating to sirolimus overdose in the medical literature. Our objectives were to describe all cases of overdose with sirolimus reported to Swiss, German and Austrian Poisons Centres between 2002-2013.An observational case-series ...
Alessandro Ceschi +7 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 The purposes of this study were to explore the population pharmacokinetics and initial dose optimization of sirolimus improving drug blood level for seizure control in pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
Xiao Chen +10 more
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A Surgical Perspective on Targeted Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2015 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, is difficult to treat and highly lethal. Since HCC is predominantly diagnosed in patients with cirrhosis, treatment planning must consider both the severity of liver ...
Busuttil, Ronald W +2 more
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