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Personalizing initial calcineurin inhibitor dosing by adjusting to donor CYP3A-status in liver transplant patients.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Dec 2015
Monostory Katalin, Tóth Katalin, Kiss Ádám, Háfra Edit, Csikány Nóra, Paulik József, Sárváry Enikő, Kóbori László
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AIMS: Inter-individual variability in dose requirements of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) has been linked to genetic polymorphisms of CYP3A enzymes. CYP3A5*3, CYP3A4*1B and CYP3A4*22 alleles of liver grafts may explain about one third of the inter-individual differences in pharmacokinetics of ciclosporin and tacrolimus in recipients. However, non-genetic factors, influencing CYP3A expression, can contribute to the...
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