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Influence of polymorphisms within the methotrexate pathway genes on the toxicity and efficacy of methotrexate in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Feb 2011
Yanagimachi Masakatsu, Naruto Takuya, Hara Takuma, Kikuchi Masako, Hara Ryoki, Miyamae Takako, Imagawa Tomoyuki, Mori Masaaki, Kaneko Tetsuji, Morita Satoshi, Goto Hiroaki, Yokota Shumpei
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: We investigated whether several polymorphisms within the methotrexate (MTX) pathway genes were related to the toxicity and efficacy of MTX in 92 Japanese patients with articular-type juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Eight gene polymorphisms within the MTX pathway genes, namely, RFC, BCRP, MTHFR (two), FPGS, γ-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH; two) and ATIC, were genotyped using TaqMan assays. Liver...
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