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ABCB1 (MDR1) polymorphisms and antidepressant response in geriatric depression.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2010
Sarginson Jane E, Lazzeroni Laura C, Ryan Heather S, Ershoff Brent D, Schatzberg Alan F, Murphy Greer M
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OBJECTIVE: Variation in the ATP-binding cassette, subfamily B, member 1 transporter (ABCB1) (multidrug-resistance gene 1) gene has been investigated as a predictor of response to treatment with a variety of medications such as antiarrhythmics, chemotherapeutic agents, anti-HIV medications, and some psychotropics. The ABCB1 gene product, P-glycoprotein, affects the transport of drugs out of many cell types,...
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