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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenomic modelling of the CYP3A activity marker 4β-hydroxycholesterol during efavirenz treatment and efavirenz/rifampicin co-treatment.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2014
Ngaimisi E, Minzi O, Mugusi S, Sasi P, Riedel K-D, Suda A, Ueda N, Bakari M, Janabi M, Mugusi F, Bertilsson L, Burhenne J, Aklillu E, Diczfalusy U
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of the major efavirenz metabolizing enzyme (CYP2B6) genotype and the effects of rifampicin co-treatment on induction of CYP3A by efavirenz. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two study arms (arm 1, n = 41 and arm 2, n = 21) were recruited into this study. In arm 1, cholesterol and 4β-hydroxycholesterol were measured in HIV treatment-naive patients at baseline and then at 4 and 16 weeks after...
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