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Effects of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase polymorphisms on the pharmacokinetics of ezetimibe in healthy subjects.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 2011
Bae Jung-Woo, Choi Chang-Ik, Lee Jin-Hee, Jang Choon-Gon, Chung Myeon-Woo, Lee Seok-Yong
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Ezetimibe is the first lipid-lowering drug that inhibits the intestinal uptake of dietary and biliary cholesterol without affecting the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients. Ezetimibe is readily absorbed, and undergoes rapid and almost complete glucuronidation by UGT, particularly UGT1A1, in enterocytes during its first pass. Genetic polymorphisms of UGT1A1 may decrease ezetimibe glucuronidation....
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