Article
Liver kidney microsomal type 1 antibodies reduce the CYP2D6 activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Aug 2012
Girardin F, Daali Y, Gex-Fabry M, Rebsamen M, Roux-Lombard P, Cerny A, Bihl F, Binek J, Moradpour D, Negro F, Desmeules J
Abstract excerpt
Liver kidney microsomal type 1 (LKM-1) antibodies have been shown to decrease the CYP2D6 activity in vitro and are present in a minority of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. We investigated whether LKM-1 antibodies might reduce the CYP2D6 activity in vivo. All patients enrolled in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study and tested for LKM-1 antibodies were assessed (n = 1723): 10 eligible patients were...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Autoantibodies
- Cohort Studies
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Dextromethorphan
- Dextrorphan
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Switzerland
