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Lack of association between ABCB1 gene polymorphisms and pharmacoresistant epilepsy: an analysis in a western Chinese pediatric population.
Brain research - 19 May 2011
Dong Lin, Luo Rong, Tong Yu, Cai Xiaotang, Mao Meng, Yu Dan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The genetic polymorphisms of the ABCB1 (ATP-binding cassette B1) gene encoding P-glycoprotein have been proposed to be associated with pharmacoresistance phenotype in epilepsy patients. P-glycoprotein, a transmembrane transporter, works as an efflux pump by limiting antiepileptic drugs across the blood brain barrier, with correspondingly lowering drug concentrations in epileptogenic loci. In this...
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