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Cyclosporine triggers endoplasmic reticulum stress in endothelial cells: a role for endothelial phenotypic changes and death.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Jan 2009
Bouvier Nicolas, Flinois Jean Pierre, Gilleron Jerome, Sauvage François-Ludovic, Legendre Christophe, Beaune Philippe, Thervet Eric, Anglicheau Dany, Pallet Nicolas
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Calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine and tacrolimus are effective immunosuppressants, but both substances have the same intrinsic nephrotoxic potential that adversely affects allograft survival in renal transplant patients and causes end-stage renal disease in other solid organ or bone marrow transplant recipients. Endothelial cells are the first biological interface between drugs and the kidney, and calcineurin...
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