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Individualized Monitoring of Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells-Regulated Gene Expression in FK506-Treated Kidney Transplant Recipients
12 May 2010
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BACKGROUND: The suggested key mechanism of both cyclosporine A (CsA) and FK506 is the inhibition of calcineurin phosphatase activity, preventing nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT)-translocation into the nucleus of T cells, with a subsequent transcriptional block of crucial cytokine genes. However, the two drugs exert different clinical activities as exemplified by the ability of FK506 to treat acute...
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