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Immunopharmacogenomics: Mechanisms of HLA-Associated Drug Reactions.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Sept 2021
Deshpande Pooja, Hertzman Rebecca J, Palubinsky Amy M, Giles Jason B, Karnes Jason H, Gibson Andrew, Phillips Elizabeth J
Abstract excerpt
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is the most polymorphic in the human genome that has been associated with protection and predisposition to a broad array of infectious, autoimmune, and malignant diseases. More recently over the last two decades, HLA class I alleles have been strongly associated with T-cell-mediated drug hypersensitivity reactions. In the case of abacavir hypersensitivity and HLA-B*57:01,...
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