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Review
. 1993 Sep;18(9):334-8.
doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(93)90069-y.

Cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin: more than just immunosuppression

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Cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin: more than just immunosuppression

J Kunz et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 1993 Sep.

Abstract

The mechanisms of action of the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A (CsA), FK506 and rapamycin are strikingly conserved from yeast to human T cells. Recent results obtained with yeast corroborate calcineurin as the target of CsA-cyclophilin and FK506-FKBP complexes, and reveal a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase homologue as the target of the rapamycin-FKBP complex.

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