Preferred Name

Calcineurin Inhibitor

Synonyms
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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C146638

code

C146638

Contributing_Source

CTRP

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.

Display_Name

Calcineurin Inhibitor

Has_Target

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C17275

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116977

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116978

label

Calcineurin Inhibitor

Preferred_Name

Calcineurin Inhibitor

prefixIRI

NCIT:C146638

prefLabel

Calcineurin Inhibitor

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C1562036

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C574

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