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UGT1A1 promoter polymorphism increases risk of nilotinib-induced hyperbilirubinemia.
Leukemia - 1 Nov 2007
Singer J B, Shou Y, Giles F, Kantarjian H M, Hsu Y, Robeva A S, Rae P, Weitzman A, Meyer J M, Dugan M, Ottmann O G
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Nilotinib is a novel BCR-ABL inhibitor with significantly improved potency and selectivity over imatinib. In Phase I and Phase II clinical studies of nilotinib in patients with a variety of leukemias, infrequent instances of reversible, benign elevation of bilirubin were observed. Uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) glucuronidates bilirubin in humans, and a polymorphism in the promoter of the...
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