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A systematic review of the effect of CYP3A5 genotype on the apparent oral clearance of tacrolimus in renal transplant recipients.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Dec 2010
Barry Arden, Levine Marc
Abstract excerpt
Tacrolimus is a commonly used immunosuppressive agent in renal transplantation. Therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus is recommended because it demonstrates wide pharmacokinetic interpatient variability. Part of that variability may be the result of metabolism by cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5), which is only expressed in some adult individuals. The expression of CYP3A5 has been linked to the CYP3A5 genotype, in...
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