Article
Combined therapy of prednisone and mTOR inhibitor sirolimus for treating retroperitoneal fibrosis
2022-09-09
Abstract excerpt
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare autoimmune disease with fibrous tissue growth and inflammation in retroperitoneum, whose development could encase surrounding organs and lead to severe conditions. Its current treatments involve long-term uptake of glucocorticoids (e.g., prednisone) for controlling inflammation; however, side effects are common, triggering search for replacement therapies. Here, we surveyed...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c6fceb42-fe5d-5b1d-ac11-99935655b321
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.09.05.22279516
