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Measurement of erythrocyte inosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase (ITPA) activity by HPLC and correlation of ITPA genotype-phenotype in a Caucasian population.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2006
Shipkova Maria, Lorenz Kristin, Oellerich Michael, Wieland Eberhard, von Ahsen Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inosine triphosphate (ITP) pyrophosphohydrolase (ITPA) catalyzes the pyrophosphohydrolysis of ITP/dITP and xanthosine triphosphate to prevent incorporation of unusual nucleotides into RNA and DNA. Important mutations leading to enzyme deficiency are 94C>A and IVS2 + 21A>C. An association between ITPA 94C>A and adverse reactions during azathioprine treatment has been shown. To investigate the ITPA...
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