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SUBMITTER: Fohner A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937472 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fohner Alison A Muzquiz LeeAnna I LI Austin Melissa A MA Gaedigk Andrea A Gordon Adam A Thornton Timothy T Rieder Mark J MJ Pershouse Mark A MA Putnam Elizabeth A EA Howlett Kevin K Beatty Patrick P Thummel Kenneth E KE Woodahl Erica L EL
Pharmacogenetics and genomics 20130801 8
<h4>Objectives</h4>Cytochrome P450 enzymes play a dominant role in drug elimination and variation in these genes is a major source of interindividual differences in drug response. Little is known, however, about pharmacogenetic variation in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. We have developed a partnership with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) in northwestern Montana to address this knowledge gap.<h4>Methods</h4>We resequenced CYP2D6 in 187 CSKT individuals ...[more]