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Characterization of T-5 N-oxide formation as the first highly selective measure of CYP3A5 activity.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals - 1 Mar 2014
Li Xiaohai, Jeso Valer, Heyward Scott, Walker Gregory S, Sharma Raman, Micalizio Glenn C, Cameron Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Almost half of prescription medications are metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4 and 3A5. CYP3A4 and 3A5 have significant substrate overlap, and there is currently no way to selectively monitor the activity of these two enzymes, which has led to the erroneous habit of attributing the cumulative activity to CYP3A4. While CYP3A4 expression is ubiquitous, CYP3A5 expression is polymorphic, with large individual...
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