Developmental changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

J van den Anker, MD Reed, K Allegaert… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Effective drug therapy to optimally influence disease requires an understanding of a drug's
pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenomic interrelationships. In …

The UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) superfamily: new members, new functions, and novel paradigms

R Meech, DG Hu, RA McKinnon… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) catalyze the covalent addition of sugars to a broad range
of lipophilic molecules. This biotransformation plays a critical role in elimination of a broad …

The UDP-glucuronosyltransferases: their role in drug metabolism and detoxification

A Rowland, JO Miners, PI Mackenzie - … journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) exists as a superfamily of 22 proteins, which
are divided into 5 families and 6 subfamilies on the basis of sequence identity. Members of …

A comprehensive review of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and esterases for drug development

S Oda, T Fukami, T Yokoi, M Nakajima - Drug metabolism and …, 2015 - Elsevier
UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) and esterases are recognized as the most important
non-P450 enzymes because of their high contribution to drug metabolism. UGTs catalyze …

Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) Guideline for UGT1A1 and Atazanavir Prescribing

RS Gammal, MH Court, CE Haidar… - Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The antiretroviral protease inhibitor atazanavir inhibits hepatic uridine diphosphate
glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1, thereby preventing the glucuronidation and elimination …

Pharmacogenomics of human uridine diphospho‐glucuronosyltransferases and clinical implications

C Guillemette, É Lévesque… - Clinical Pharmacology & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Glucuronidation by uridine diphospho‐glucuronosyltransferase enzymes (UGTs) is a major
phase II biotransformation pathway and, complementary to phase I metabolism and …

Comparison of smoking-related DNA methylation between newborns from prenatal exposure and adults from personal smoking

S Sikdar, R Joehanes, BR Joubert, CJ Xu… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Cigarette smoking influences DNA methylation genome wide, in newborns from
pregnancy exposure and in adults from personal smoking. Whether a unique methylation …

Transcriptional regulation of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes

DG Hu, R Meech, RA McKinnon… - Drug metabolism …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Glucuronidation is an important metabolic pathway for many small endogenous and
exogenous lipophilic compounds, including bilirubin, steroid hormones, bile acids …

Influence of metabolism on endocrine activities of bisphenol S

DG Skledar, J Schmidt, A Fic, I Klopčič, J Trontelj… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Bisphenol S (BPS; bis [4-hydroxyphenyl] sulfone) is commonly used as a
replacement for bisphenol A in numerous consumer products. The main goal of this study …

Quantitative profiling of human renal UDP-glucuronosyltransferases and glucuronidation activity: a comparison of normal and tumoral kidney tissues

G Margaillan, M Rouleau, JK Fallon, P Caron… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2015 - ASPET
Renal metabolism by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes is central to the
clearance of many drugs. However, significant discrepancies about the relative abundance …