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Porphyrin accumulation in humans with common dysfunctional variants of ABCG2, a porphyrin transporter: potential association with acquired photosensitivity.
Human cell - 1 Jul 2021
Sakiyama Masayuki, Matsuo Hirotaka, Toyoda Yu, Yonekura Yuiko, Ishikawa Takahiro, Nakayama Akiyoshi, Higashino Toshihide, Kawamura Yusuke, Fujimoto Norihiro, Shinomiya Nariyoshi, Satoh Takahiro
Abstract excerpt
Photosensitivity is a skin reaction disorder mediated by phototoxic and/or photoallergic mechanisms. The accumulation of porphyrins is generally considered to induce phototoxicity. ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) has been identified as a transporter of porphyrins and its common variants-p.Gln126Ter (rs72552713) and p.Gln141Lys (rs2231142)-reportedly decrease the function of porphyrin transport...
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