mTOR Inhibition & Clinical Transplantation: Pancreas & Islet.

This brief overview discusses the beneficial and deleterious effects of mTOR inhibitors on beta-cells, and how sirolimus- and everolimus-based immunosuppression have impacted on practices and outcomes of pancreas and islet transplantation. Sirolimus was the cornerstone of immunosuppressive regimens in islet transplantation at the turn of the millenium, but utilization of mTOR inhibitors has progressively decreased from >80% to

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