Tacrolimus (FK506)-Associated Renal Pathology.
Tacrolimus (FK506)-Associated Renal Pathology.
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DOI:
10.1097/00125480-199707000-00032
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发表时间:
1997-07-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Demetris, Anthony Jake
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作者:
Randhawa, Parmjeet S;Starzl, Thomas E;Demetris, Anthony Jake
Tacrolimus (FK506) is now an accepted primary immunosuppressive agent after solid-organ transplantation (1–13). It has both short-term and long-term advantages over conventional drugs: it is associated with less frequent rejection, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia compared with cyclosporine. It also has been used to salvage allografts with acute cellular rejection not responding to cyclosporine and OKT3 (4–6, 8, 14, 15).Cyclosporine and tacrolimus are structurally unrelated compounds and bind to different cytosolic proteins in target cells. Nonetheless, both drugs have a closely related mechanism of action that is related primarily to a block in the transcription of interleukin-2 mRNA (16). This basic similarity in the mechanism of action is paralleled by an overlap in their toxicity profile: both drugs are toxic principally to the kidneys, central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, and islets of Langerhans. The overall incidence of adverse events depends on dosage and clinical experience but appears to be comparable for both agents (7, 11, 17). Two multicenter trials report tacrolimus to have higher nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and diabetogenicity (18, 19), but these conclusions have been criticized (20).