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SUBMITTER: Lee LN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6723168 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Li-Na LN Huang Chun-Ta CT Hsu Chia-Lin CL Chang Hsiu-Ching HC Jan I-Shiow IS Liu Jia-Luen JL Sheu Jin-Chuan JC Wang Jann-Tay JT Liu Wei-Lun WL Wu Huei-Shu HS Chang Ching-Nien CN Wang Jann-Yuan JY
Journal of clinical medicine 20190813 8
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatotoxicity is the most severe adverse effect of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Isoniazid's metabolite hydrazine is a mitochondrial complex II inhibitor. We hypothesized that mitochondrial DNA variants are risk factors for drug-induced liver injury (DILI) due to isoniazid, rifampicin or pyrazinamide.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained peripheral blood from tuberculosis (TB) patients before anti-TB therapy. A total of 38 patients developed DILI due to anti-TB drugs. We selected 38 patie ...[more]