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Targeted disruption of organic cation transporter 3 attenuates the pharmacologic response to metformin.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Jul 2015
Chen Eugene C, Liang Xiaomin, Yee Sook Wah, Geier Ethan G, Stocker Sophie L, Chen Ligong, Giacomini Kathleen M
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Metformin, the most widely prescribed antidiabetic drug, requires transporters to enter tissues involved in its pharmacologic action, including liver, kidney, and peripheral tissues. Organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3, SLC22A3), expressed ubiquitously, transports metformin, but its in vivo role in metformin response is not known. Using Oct3 knockout mice, the role of the transporter in metformin pharmacokinetics...
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