Preferred Name |
Calcineurin Inhibitor |
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Definitions |
Any agent that inhibits calcineurin (protein phosphatase 3; PPP3), a serine/threonine protein phosphatase dependent on calcium and calmodulin, with immunosuppressant activity. Inhibition of calcineurin prevents dephosphorylation of the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic (NFATc), which prevents its translocation to the nucleus and the subsequent induction of the expression of interleukin-2 (IL-2). This prevents IL-2-mediated proliferation and activation of T-cells, and T-lymphocyte-mediated immune responses. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C146638 |
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code |
C146638 |
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Contributing_Source |
CTRP |
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definition |
Any agent that inhibits calcineurin (protein phosphatase 3; PPP3), a serine/threonine protein phosphatase dependent on calcium and calmodulin, with immunosuppressant activity. Inhibition of calcineurin prevents dephosphorylation of the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic (NFATc), which prevents its translocation to the nucleus and the subsequent induction of the expression of interleukin-2 (IL-2). This prevents IL-2-mediated proliferation and activation of T-cells, and T-lymphocyte-mediated immune responses. |
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Display_Name |
Calcineurin Inhibitor |
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label |
Calcineurin Inhibitor |
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Preferred_Name |
Calcineurin Inhibitor |
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prefixIRI |
NCIT:C146638 |
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prefLabel |
Calcineurin Inhibitor |
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Semantic_Type |
Chemical Viewed Functionally |
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UMLS_CUI |
C1562036 |
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subClassOf |