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cyclosporin [3 records]

Record 1 2009-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

Any of a group of biologically active metabolites of Tolypocladium inflatum Gams and certain other fundi.

CONT

Immunosuppressants (azathioprine, cyclosporin).

OBS

The major forms are cyclosporin A and C, which are cyclic oligopeptides with immunosuppressive, antifungal, and antipyretic effects. As immunosuppressants, cyclosporins affect primarily the T cell lymphocytes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Médicament immunosuppresseur utilisé contre le rejet des greffes, contre les maladies auto-immunes, et contre les agents du paludisme et de la schistosomiase. (D'après le Monde, 5 mars 1984, p. V).

OBS

Polypeptide produit par un champignon, Tolypocladium inflatum.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 3 1998-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Medication
DEF

An immunosuppressive agent used to control rejection of organ transplantation and autoimmune diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Médicaments
DEF

Prototype d'une famille de drogues à activité immunosuppressive, qui préviennent l'activation des lymphocytes T en bloquant les voies de signalisation de la membrane au noyau.

Spanish

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