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Identification of pharmacogenetic predictors of lipid-lowering response to atorvastatin in Chilean subjects with hypercholesterolemia.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 18 Feb 2012
Rosales Alexy, Alvear Marysol, Cuevas Alejandro, Saavedra Nicolás, Zambrano Tomás, Salazar Luis A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Statins are normally the first-line therapy for hypercholesterolemia (HC); however, the lipid-lowering response shows high interindividual variation. We investigated the effect of four polymorphisms in CYP3A4, CYP3A5 and ABCB1 genes on response to atorvastatin and CYP3A4 activity in Chilean subjects with HC. METHODS: A total of 142 hypercholesterolemic individuals underwent atorvastatin therapy...
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