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SUBMITTER: Kolovou G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3959175 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kolovou Genovefa G Ragia Georgia G Kolovou Vana V Mihas Constantinos C Katsiki Niki N Vasiliadis Ioannis I Mavrogeni Sophie S Vartela Vassiliki V Tavridou Anna A Manolopoulos Vangelis G VG
The open cardiovascular medicine journal 20140207
<h4>Background</h4>One of the promises of human genetics is individualized therapy. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of CYP3A5 gene polymorphism on the effectiveness of simvastatin (a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients (n = 191) with hypercholesterolemia were treated with simvastatin for at least 6 months and were genotyped for the CYP3A5 polymorphism.<h4>Results</h4>The frequency of CYP3A5 polymorphism was 0.5% for WT (wild-type), 15.6% for HT (heterozygous, expressors) and ...[more]