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. 2012 Aug 24;2(4):51–68. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v2.i4.51

Table 3.

Non-food and drug administration approved/investigational agents and their mechanism

Name Mechanism of action
Induction
Alemtuzumab Monoclonal antibody, CD52
Efaluzimab Humanized antibody, CD11a/LFA-1
Alefacept Costimulation inhibitor, CD2 LFA3
Maintenance
Prolonged release tacrolimus Calcineurin inhibitor
Voclosporin, ISA247 Calcineurin inhibitor
Mizoribine Purine synthesis inhibitors
Sotrastaurin, AEB071 Protein kinase C inhibitor
Tofacitinib, CP-690550 JAK 3 inhibitor
Treatment of antibody medicated rejection
Bortezomib Proteasome inhibitor
Eculizumab Monoclonal antibody, C5 complement protein