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. 2007 Nov 6;7:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2210-7-14

Table 2.

Average rapamycin levels (ng/mL) ± standard errors in blood, brain, kidney, and tumor tissue.

Rapamycin levels at 2–4 hours and 24 hours in blood, kidney, and brain
2–4 Hours Post-Treatment 24 Hours Post-Treatment

Rapamycin 8 mg/kg CCI-779 8 mg/kg P value* Rapamycin 8 mg/kg CCI-779 8 mg/kg P value*

Number of Mice 4 4 4 4
Whole Blood 1650 ± 1715 872 ± 119 0.0003 86 ± 23 68 ± 42 NS
Brain Homogenates 295 ± 227 39 ± 14 NS (0.06) 107 ± 32 24 ± 16 0.003
Kidney Homogenates 1820 ± 264 751 ± 215 0.0003 190 ± 59 126 ± 43 NS

Rapamycin levels at 2–4 hours in tumors from the nude mouse experiment

2–4 Hours Post-Treatment

Early CCI-779 Early Rapamycin Late Rapamycin P value**

Number of Mice 4 4 4
Tumor Homogenates 395 ± 134 965 ± 665 1024 ± 393 NS

*Drug levels from rapamycin cohort compared with CCI-779 cohort for indicated tissue and time point, NS = not significant.

**Tumor drug levels from early CCI-779 cohort and late rapamycin cohort were compared with early rapamycin cohort, NS = not significant