Article
Molecular diagnosis of thiopurine S-methyltransferase deficiency: genetic basis for azathioprine and mercaptopurine intolerance.
Annals of internal medicine - 15 Apr 1997
Yates C R, Krynetski E Y, Loennechen T, Fessing M Y, Tai H L, Pui C H, Relling M V, Evans W E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) catalyzes the S-methylation (that is, inactivation) of mercaptopurine, azathioprine, and thioguanine and exhibits genetic polymorphism. About 10% of patients have intermediate TPMT activity because of heterozygosity, and about 1 in 300 inherit TPM...
Topics
- Azathioprine
- Erythrocytes
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mercaptopurine
- Methyltransferases
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic