Article
Cytochrome P450 pharmacogenetics in drug development: in vitro studies and clinical consequences.
Current drug metabolism - 1 Jun 2002
Rodrigues A David, Rushmore Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
Members of the human cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily play a role in the metabolism of many drugs and several of them, CYP2D6, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19, have been shown to be polymorphic as a result of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), gene deletions, and gene duplications. These polymorphisms can impact the pharmacokinetics (PK), metabolism, safety and efficacy of drugs, and because of the availability of...
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