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Correlation between cytidine deaminase genotype and gemcitabine deamination in blood samples.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jun 2008
Giovannetti E, Laan A C, Vasile E, Tibaldi C, Nannizzi S, Ricciardi S, Falcone A, Danesi R, Peters G J
Abstract excerpt
Cytidine deaminase (CDA) is the major enzyme of gemcitabine inactivation. The aim of this study was to determine whether the CDA Lys27Gln polymorphism influenced gemcitabine deamination in blood samples from 90 lung cancer patients. The polymorphism was studied with Taqman probes-based assay; CDA activity was evaluated by HPLC in cytoplasmic extracts from red blood cells. Mean enzymatic activity was significantly...
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