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Lack of genomic diversity in the SLC47A1 gene within the indigenous Xhosa population.
Drug metabolism and personalized therapy - 1 Jun 2016
Jacobs Clifford, Pearce Brendon, Hoosain Nisreen, Benjeddou Mongi
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug and toxin extrusion 1 (MATE1) is an organic cation/H+ exchanger, localized in the apical membrane of proximal renal tubules, which mediates the cellular elimination of organic cations into the renal lumen. These organic cations include clinically important drugs such as metformin, oxaliplatin and cimetidine. Moreover, genetic polymorphisms of SLC47A1, the pharmacogenetically relevant gene...
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