Novel Anticytomegalovirus Activity of Immunosuppressant Mizoribine and Its Synergism with Ganciclovir

@article{Kuramoto2010NovelAA,
  title={Novel Anticytomegalovirus Activity of Immunosuppressant Mizoribine and Its Synergism with Ganciclovir},
  author={Takashi Kuramoto and Tohru Daikoku and Yoshihiro Yoshida and Masaya Takemoto and Kumi Oshima and Yoshito Eizuru and Yoshinobu Kanda and Toshio Miyawaki and Kimiyasu Shiraki},
  journal={Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics},
  year={2010},
  volume={333},
  pages={816 - 821}
}
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a prominent infection in transplant recipients. The immunosuppressive drug mizoribine was shown to have anti-CMV activity in vitro and was reported to have an anti-CMV effect in renal transplantation. This study characterized the anti-CMV activity of mizoribine in vitro and its synergistic activity with ganciclovir. Mizoribine suppressed replication and at the EC50 for plaque inhibition of 12.0 μg/ml. Mizoribine and ganciclovir exerted a strong synergism in… 
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