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Simulation with cells in vitro of tamoxifen treatment in premenopausal breast cancer patients with different CYP2D6 genotypes.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Dec 2014
Maximov Philipp Y, McDaniel Russell E, Fernandes Daphne J, Korostyshevskiy Valeriy R, Bhatta Puspanjali, Mürdter Thomas E, Flockhart David A, Jordan V Craig
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Tamoxifen is a prodrug that is metabolically activated by 4-hydroxylation to the potent primary metabolite 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OHT) or via another primary metabolite N-desmethyltamoxifen (NDMTAM) to a biologically active secondary metabolite endoxifen through a cytochrome P450 2D6 variant system (CYP2D6). To elucidate the mechanism of action of tamoxifen and the importance of endoxifen...
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