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Genome-wide association study of plasma efavirenz pharmacokinetics in AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocols implicates several CYP2B6 variants.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Dec 2012
Holzinger Emily R, Grady Benjamin, Ritchie Marylyn D, Ribaudo Heather J, Acosta Edward P, Morse Gene D, Gulick Roy M, Robbins Gregory K, Clifford David B, Daar Eric S, McLaren Paul, Haas David W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Prior candidate gene studies have associated CYP2B6 516G→T [rs3745274] and 983T→C [rs28399499] with increased plasma efavirenz exposure. We sought to identify novel variants associated with efavirenz pharmacokinetics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Antiretroviral therapy-naive AIDS Clinical Trials Group studies A5202, A5095, and ACTG 384 included plasma sampling for efavirenz pharmacokinetics. Log-transformed...
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