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SUBMITTER: Turolo S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7249618 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Turolo Stefano S Edefonti Alberto A Ghio Luciana L Testa Sara S Morello William W Montini Giovanni G
BMC pediatrics 20200525 1
<h4>Background</h4>We evaluated the role of CYP3A5, ABCB1 and SXR gene polymorphisms in the occurrence of acute kidney rejection in a cohort of pediatric renal transplant recipients.<h4>Methods</h4>Forty-nine patients were genotyped for CYP3A5, ABCB1 and SXR polymorphisms and evaluated with tacrolimus through levels in a retrospective monocenter study.<h4>Results</h4>Patients with the A allele of CYP3A5 treated with tacrolimus had a higher risk of acute rejection than those without the A allele, ...[more]