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UGT1A1*28 genotype affects the in-vitro glucuronidation of thyroxine in human livers.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2007
Yoder Graber Andrea L, Ramírez Jacqueline, Innocenti Federico, Ratain Mark J
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OBJECTIVE: L-thyroxine (T4), the most widely used drug for hypothyroidism, undergoes glucuronidation by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. Clinical evidence obtained after the administration of anticonvulsants suggest that glucuronidation may play an important role in T4 homeostasis in humans. The aims of this study were to determine the T4 glucuronidation ability of all commercially available human UGTs, and...
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