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CYP2D6 genotype in relation to perphenazine concentration and pituitary pharmacodynamic tissue sensitivity in Asians: CYP2D6-serotonin-dopamine crosstalk revisited.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 May 2007
Ozdemir Vural, Bertilsson Leif, Miura Jun, Carpenter Erin, Reist Christopher, Harper Patricia, Widén Jolanta, Svensson Jan-Olof, Albers Lawrence J, Kennedy James L, Endrenyi Laszlo, Kalow Werner
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Hyperprolactinemia is a common side effect of first-generation antipsychotics mediated by antagonism of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the pituitary. Most first-generation antipsychotics are metabolized by CYP2D6 in the liver. Further, CYP2D6 is expressed in the human brain as a 5-methoxyindolethylamine O-demethylase potentially contributing to regeneration of serotonin from 5-methoxytryptamine. As...
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