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Associations between MDR1 gene polymorphisms and schizophrenia and therapeutic response to olanzapine in female schizophrenic patients.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2008
Bozina Nada, Kuzman Martina Rojnic, Medved Vesna, Jovanovic Nikolina, Sertic Jadranka, Hotujac Ljubomir
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Multidrug resistant protein (MDR1) gene, which codes for P-glycoprotein and functions as an efflux transporter in different cells, is widely localized in normal tissues including the gastrointestinal tract, blood cells, biliary tract, kidney and brain and plays a major role in absorption, distribution and elimination of various xenobiotics. Therefore, MDR1 gene variants were proposed as potential susceptibility...
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