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Novel variants in NUDT15 and thiopurine intolerance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia from diverse ancestry.
Blood - 7 Sept 2017
Moriyama Takaya, Yang Yung-Li, Nishii Rina, Ariffin Hany, Liu Chengcheng, Lin Ting-Nien, Yang Wenjian, Lin Dong-Tsamn, Yu Chih-Hsiang, Kham Shirley, Pui Ching-Hon, Evans William E, Jeha Sima, Relling Mary V, Yeoh Allen Eng-Juh, Yang Jun J
Abstract excerpt
Prolonged exposure to thiopurines (eg, mercaptopurine [MP]) is essential for curative therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but is also associated with frequent dose-limiting hematopoietic toxicities, which is partly explained by inherited genetic polymorphisms in drug metabolizing enzymes (eg, TPMT). Recently, our group and others identified germ line genetic variants in NUDT15 as another major cause of...
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