tacrolimus

English

Chemical structure of tacrolimus

Etymology

From translingual t(sukubaensis) +‎ (m)acrol(ide) +‎ -imus (“immunosuppressant”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈkɹoʊ.lɪm.əs/

Noun

tacrolimus (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive drug obtained from Streptomyces tsukubaensis used mainly after organ transplantation.
   • 2009 March 5, Kohsuke Inomata et al., “High-resolution multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy of proteins in human cells”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, →DOI:

     Itoh, S. & Navia, M. A. Structure comparison of native and mutant human recombinant FKBP12 complexes with the immunosuppressant drug FK506 (tacrolimus) .

Synonyms

• fujimycin
• FK-506

Hypernyms

• macrolide
• immunomodulator