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Pharmacogenetics of membrane transporters: a review of current approaches.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2014
Sissung Tristan M, Goey Andrew K L, Ley Ariel M, Strope Jonathan D, Figg William D
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This chapter provides a review of the pharmacogenetics of membrane transporters, including ABC transporters and OATPs. Membrane transporters are heavily involved in drug disposition, by actively transporting substrate drugs between organs and tissues. As such, polymorphisms in the genes encoding these proteins may have a significant effect on the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and activity of...
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