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Tacrolimus Therapy

Tacrolimus Therapy is a pharmacological treatment modality within calcineurin inhibitor therapy that specifically employs tacrolimus, a potent immunosuppressive agent, to selectively inhibit calcineurin-mediated T-cell activation for the prevention of organ transplant rejection.

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A COMPARISON OF TACROLIMUS (FK506) AND CYCLOSPORINE FOR IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AFTER CADAVERIC RENAL TRANSPLANTATION1

John D. Pirsch, Joshua Miller, Mark H. Deierhoi et al. · Transplantation · 1997 · 1.1K citations

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A Comparison of Tacrolimus (FK 506) and Cyclosporine for Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation

The U.S. Multicenter FK Liver Study Group · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 922 citations · Full text

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Randomised trial comparing tacrolimus (FK506) and cyclosporin in prevention of liver allograft rejection

The Lancet · 1994 · 660 citations

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Conversion From Calcineurin Inhibitors to Sirolimus Maintenance Therapy in Renal Allograft Recipients: 24-Month Efficacy and Safety Results From the CONVERT Trial

Francesco Paolo Schena, M.D. Pascoe, Josefina Alberú et al. · Transplantation · 2009 · 576 citations

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A Short-Term Trial of Tacrolimus Ointment for Atopic Dermatitis

Thomas Ruzicka, Thomas Bieber, Erwin Schöpf et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 524 citations · Full text

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  1. JJ
    John J. Fung

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    49 publications · 3.3K citations

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  2. DK
    Dirk Kuypers

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    33 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. LR
    Lionel Rostaing

    Hôpital Rangueil, France

    32 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. DA
    Dennis A. Hesselink

    Erasmus MC, Netherlands

    35 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. TE
    Thomas E. Starzl

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    31 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    43 h-index

    490 publications

    35.3K citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, United States

    37 h-index

    281 publications

    25.9K citations

  3. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    36 h-index

    166 publications

    11K citations

  4. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    35 h-index

    175 publications

    9.8K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    32 h-index

    237 publications

    11.1K citations

  6. Erasmus MC

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    29 h-index

    236 publications

    11.4K citations

  7. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    27 h-index

    259 publications

    18.6K citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    27 h-index

    142 publications

    14.2K citations

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  1. Transplantation

    298 publications · 22.6K citations

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  2. American Journal of Transplantation

    153 publications · 13.4K citations

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  3. Transplantation Proceedings

    295 publications · 7.1K citations

    37

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 126 publications · 5K citations

    35

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  5. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

    93 publications · 3.9K citations

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