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Polymorphisms in the multidrug-resistance 1 gene related to glucocorticoid response in rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
Rheumatology international - 1 Apr 2017
Cuppen Bart V J, Pardali Katerina, Kraan Maarten C, Marijnissen Anne C A, Yrlid Linda, Olsson Marita, Bijlsma Johannes W J, Lafeber Floris P J G, Fritsch-Stork Ruth D E
Abstract excerpt
A substantial proportion of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-patients experience an insufficient response to glucocorticoids, an important therapeutic agent in RA. The multidrug-resistance 1 (MDR1) gene product P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is an efflux pump that actively transports substrates, such as glucocorticoids, out of the cell. We investigated if the variation in response might be explained by single-nucleotide...
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