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Cytidine deaminase genotype and toxicity of cytosine arabinoside therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 2009
Bhatla Deepika, Gerbing Robert B, Alonzo Todd A, Conner Heather, Ross Julie A, Meshinchi Soheil, Zhai Xiaowen, Zamzow Tiffany, Mehta Parinda A, Geiger Hartmut, Perentesis John, Davies Stella M
Abstract excerpt
Cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) is irreversibly deaminated to a non-toxic metabolite by cytidine deaminase (CDA). A common polymorphism, A79C, in the gene encoding cytidine deaminase (CDA) changes a lysine residue to glutamine resulting in decreased enzyme activity. CDA A79C genotypes were determined in 457 children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) treated on the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) 2941 and 2961...
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