Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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In the kidney transplant patient, calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) treatment is a major risk factor for chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). Immunosuppressive strategies based on non-nephrotoxic drugs such as proliferation signal inhibitors (PSIs) have been conceived to reduce or even interrupt CNIs. CNI conversion, with progressive cessation over 3 months with a PSI can significantly improve renal function, notably if the patient presents proteinuria less than 0.8 g/day and if conversion is undertaken early, when the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is 40 ml/min or greater. In these conditions GRF improvement is associated with a histological CADI score and chronic lesion markers. Nevertheless, replacing CNIs with a PSI can occasionally induce proteinuria that is potentially related to direct toxicity of the PSI on the podocytes, which must be monitored to prevent recurrence of nephrotoxicity lesions.
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PMID:[Replacing calcineurin inhibitors with proliferation signal inhibitors after kidney transplantation: indications, results, and disadvantages]. 2012 52