The calcineurin pathway inhibitor tacrolimus enhances the in vitro activity of azoles against Mucorales via apoptosis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1225-1234

  Shirazi, F ^a   Kontoyiannis, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCINEURIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MUCORALES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CALCINEURIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ITRACONAZOLE; MUCORALES; TACROLIMUS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84883219318     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00138-13     Document Type: Article

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