tacrolimus
nounUS /təˈkɹoʊ.lɪm.əs/
Etymology From Translingual t(sukubaensis) + English (m)acrol(ide) + -imus (“immunosuppressant”).
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Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences An immunosuppressive drug obtained from Streptomyces tsukubaensis used mainly after organ transplantation.
- Itoh, S. & Navia, M. A. Structure comparison of native and mutant human recombinant FKBP12 complexes with the immunosuppressant drug FK506 (tacrolimus) .2009 March 5, Kohsuke Inomata et al., “High-resolution multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy of proteins in human cells”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, →DOI:
- Synonyms
- fujimycin, FK-506
- Hypernyms
- macrolide, immunomodulator