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SUBMITTER: Gammal RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4785051 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20151109 4
The antiretroviral protease inhibitor atazanavir inhibits hepatic uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1, thereby preventing the glucuronidation and elimination of bilirubin. Resultant indirect hyperbilirubinemia with jaundice can cause premature discontinuation of atazanavir. Risk for bilirubin-related discontinuation is highest among individuals who carry two UGT1A1 decreased function alleles (UGT1A1*28 or *37). We summarize published literature that supports this association an ...[more]