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Genetic polymorphisms of dihydropyrimidinase in a Japanese patient with capecitabine-induced toxicity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Hiratsuka Masahiro, Yamashita Hiroshi, Akai Fumika, Hosono Hiroki, Hishinuma Eiji, Hirasawa Noriyasu, Mori Takahiro
Abstract excerpt
Dihydropyrimidinase (DHP) is the second enzyme in the catabolic pathway of uracil, thymine, and chemotherapeutic fluoropyrimidine agents such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Thus, DHP deficiency might be associated with 5-FU toxicity during fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy. We performed genetic analyses o...
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