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Drug-mediated toxicity caused by genetic deficiency of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
Toxicology letters - 15 Mar 2000
Burchell B, Soars M, Monaghan G, Cassidy A, Smith D, Ethell B
Abstract excerpt
Human gene families encoding UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) have been identified and partially characterised. This family of enzymes catalysed the glucuronidation of drugs, xenobiotics and endobiotics. Genetic mutations and polymorphisms have been identified in several UGT genes and examples should be anticipated in all UGT genes. A common genetic defect in the TATA box promoter of the UGT1A1 gene is...
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