Article
N-Acetyltransferase2 genotype correlated with isoniazid acetylation in Japanese tuberculous patients.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 May 2001
Kita T, Tanigawara Y, Chikazawa S, Hatanaka H, Sakaeda T, Komada F, Iwakawa S, Okumura K
Abstract excerpt
Isoniazid (INH) is metabolized by polymorphic N-acetyltransferase2 (NAT2). In the present study, the relationship between the NAT2 genotype and the INH acetylator phenotype was examined in Japanese tuberculous patients and compared with healthy subjects. Subjects were classified according to the genotyping into NAT2*5B (allele4), NAT2*6A (allele3) and NAT2*7B (allele2), using the PCR-RFLP method. Twelve healthy...
Topics
- Acetylation
- Adult
- Aged
- Antitubercular Agents
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Isoniazid
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
