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Functional characterization of wild-type and 24 CYP2D6 allelic variants on gefitinib metabolism in vitro.
Drug design, development and therapy - 1 Jan 2017
Fang Ping, Zheng Xiang, He Jiayang, Ge Honglei, Tang Pengfei, Cai Jianping, Hu Guoxin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), a member of the CYP450 enzyme super family, is a polymorphic enzyme that metabolizes ~25% of therapeutic drugs. CYP2D6 exhibits significant genetic polymorphisms which might cause adverse effects and therapeutic failures of some drugs. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the catalytic activities of 22 novel CYP2D6 alleles (CYP2D6*87, *88, *89, *90, *91,...
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