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SUBMITTER: Shehu AI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4708888 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shehu Amina I AI Li Guangming G Xie Wen W Ma Xiaochao X
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology 20151205 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>Among the infectious diseases, tuberculosis (TB) remains the second most common cause of death after HIV. TB treatment requires the combination of multiple drugs including the rifamycin class. However, rifamycins are activators of human pregnane X receptor (PXR), a transcription factor that regulates drug metabolism, drug resistance, energy metabolism and immune response. Rifamycin-mediated PXR activation may affect the outcome of TB therapy.<h4>Areas covered</h4>This review ...[more]