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| Rosales,Alexy; Pacheco,Alejandro; Cuevas,Alejandro; Saavedra,Nicolás; Zambrano,Tomás; Lanas,Fernando; Salazar,Luis A. |
| Interindividual differences in activity and expression of the metabolizing enzymes cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 and 3A5 and the multidrug efflux pump P-glycoprotein (P-gp, encoded by ABCB1 gene) contribute considerably to lipid-lowering efficacy of statin treatment in subjects with hypercholesterolemia. Variability in the activity of CYP3A4, CYP3A5 and P-gp could be considered to result from genetic polymorphisms encoding their genes. However, the available data indicate that the frequencies of ABCB1, CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 gene polymorphisms differ significantly across populations. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the allelic frequency of three common variants of these genes in Chilean individuals with primary hypercholesterolemia (HC) and... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Polymorphisms; Statins; Hypercholesterolemia; ABCB1. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000400037 |
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