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ABCG2 pharmacogenetics: ethnic differences in allele frequency and assessment of influence on irinotecan disposition.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2004
de Jong Floris A, Marsh Sharon, Mathijssen Ron H J, King Cristi, Verweij Jaap, Sparreboom Alex, McLeod Howard L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG2 (breast cancer resistance protein) is an efflux protein that plays a role in host detoxification of various xenobiotic substrates, including the irinotecan metabolite 7- ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38). The ABCG2 421C>A polymorphism has been associated with reduced protein expression and altered function in vitro. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...
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