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Tacrolimus dosing in Chinese renal transplant patients is related to MDR1 gene C3435T polymorphisms.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Nov 2006
Li D, Gui R, Li Jin, Huang Z, Nie Xinmin
Abstract excerpt
Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive drug with narrow therapeutic range and wide interindividual variations in its pharmacokinetics. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) plays an important role in the absorption metabolism of tacrolimus. The polymorphism C3435T of MDR1, the gene coding P-gp, may influence the expression and activity of P-gp. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether C3435T polymorphism was associated with the...
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