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Disposition of ezetimibe is influenced by polymorphisms of the hepatic uptake carrier OATP1B1.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jul 2008
Oswald Stefan, König Jörg, Lütjohann Dieter, Giessmann Thomas, Kroemer Heyo K, Rimmbach Christian, Rosskopf Dieter, Fromm Martin F, Siegmund Werner
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OBJECTIVES: Genetic variability in hepatic uptake was recently shown to influence the disposition and cholesterol-lowering effects of statins. Ezetimibe, an inhibitor of the intestinal cholesterol uptake protein Niemann-Pick C 1 like 1, is another drug for which genetic polymorphisms of hepatic organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) are expected to be of clinical relevance because ezetimibe undergoes...
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