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Activation of the anticancer drugs cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide by cytochrome P450 BM3 mutants.
Toxicology letters - 5 Jan 2015
Vredenburg Galvin, den Braver-Sewradj Shalenie, van Vugt-Lussenburg Barbara M A, Vermeulen Nico P E, Commandeur Jan N M, Vos J Chris
Abstract excerpt
Cyclophosphamide (CPA) and ifosfamide (IFA) are widely used anticancer agents that require metabolic activation by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. While 4-hydroxylation yields DNA-alkylating and cytotoxic metabolites, N-dechloroethylation results in the generation of neuro- and nephrotoxic byprodu...
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