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CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy: promises and pitfalls.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Aug 2020
Ellithi Moataz, Baye Jordan, Wilke Russell A
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacogenetic variants can alter the mechanism of action (pharmacodynamic gene variants) or kinetic processes such as absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination (pharmacokinetic gene variants). Many initial successes in precision medicine occurred in the context of genes encoding the cytochromes P450 (CYP enzymes). CYP2C19 activates the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel, and polymorphisms in the CYP2C19...
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