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The SLCO1B1 rs4149032 polymorphism is highly prevalent in South Africans and is associated with reduced rifampin concentrations: dosing implications.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2011
Chigutsa Emmanuel, Visser Marianne E, Swart Elizabeth C, Denti Paolo, Pushpakom Sudeep, Egan Deirdre, Holford Nicholas H G, Smith Peter J, Maartens Gary, Owen Andrew, McIlleron Helen
Abstract excerpt
Among patients with tuberculosis, rifampin plasma concentrations and sputum conversion rates have been reported to be lower in Africans. Rifampin is a substrate of P-glycoprotein (coded for by the ABCB1 gene) and organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B1 (coded for by SLCO1B1). The objectives were to identify genetic polymorphisms of drug transporters and the transcriptional regulators pregnane X receptor (PXR)...
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