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SUBMITTER: Scott SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310336 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scott S A SA Martis S S Peter I I Kasai Y Y Kornreich R R Desnick R J RJ
The pharmacogenomics journal 20110301 4
CYP2C19 is a principal enzyme involved in the bioactivation of the antiplatelet prodrug clopidogrel and common CYP2C19 loss-of-function alleles are associated with adverse cardiovascular events. To assess the impact of the CYP2C19*17 increased activity allele in the Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) and Sephardi Jewish (SJ) populations and to determine the frequencies of additional variant alleles, 250 AJ and 135 SJ individuals were genotyped for CYP2C19*2-*10, *12-*17, *22 and P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) c.3435 ...[more]