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A common polymorphism in the ABCB1 gene is associated with side effects of PGP-dependent antidepressants in a large naturalistic Dutch cohort.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Apr 2016
Bet P M, Verbeek E C, Milaneschi Y, Straver D B M, Uithuisje T, Bevova M R, Hugtenburg J G, Heutink P, Penninx B W J H, Hoogendijk W J G
Abstract excerpt
The drug efflux transporter permeability glycoprotein (PGP) and cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 are important for eliminating antidepressants from the brain and body. The ABCB1 gene, encoding for PGP, and CYP2C19 gene have several variants that could influence enzyme function and thereby the effect of PGP- and 2C19-dependent antidepressants. We investigated the association of antidepressant side effect and common...
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