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 …

[PDF][PDF] Phase II drug metabolizing enzymes

P Jancova, P Anzenbacher… - Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ …, 2010 - Citeseer
Background. Phase II biotransformation reactions (also 'conjugation reactions') generally
serve as a detoxifying step in drug metabolism. Phase II drug metabolising enzymes are …

Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of mycophenolate in solid organ transplant recipients

CE Staatz, SE Tett - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2007 - Springer
This review aims to provide an extensive overview of the literature on the clinical
pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate in solid organ transplantation and a briefer summary of …

Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes involved in activation and detoxification of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

T Shimada - Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental carcinogens and
metabolized by a variety of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes such as cytochrome P450 …

Irinotecan pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and UGT1A genetic polymorphisms in Japanese: roles of UGT1A1* 6 and* 28

H Minami, K Sai, M Saeki, Y Saito… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objectives SN-38, an active metabolite of irinotecan, is detoxified by glucuronidation with
UGT1A isoforms, 1A1, 1A7, 1A9, and 1A10. The pharmacogenetic information on UGT1A …

Relevance of different UGT1A1 polymorphisms in irinotecan-induced toxicity: a molecular and clinical study of 75 patients

E Rouits, M Boisdron-Celle, A Dumont, O Guérin… - Clinical Cancer …, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: We wanted to assess polymorphisms in the uridine diphosphoglucuronosyl
transferase 1A1 (UGT 1A1) gene: the TATA box polymorphism and UGT 1A1 G71R and …

UGT1A7 and UGT1A9 polymorphisms predict response and toxicity in colorectal cancer patients treated with capecitabine/irinotecan

LE Carlini, NJ Meropol, J Bever, ML Andria, T Hill… - Clinical Cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: Capecitabine and irinotecan are commonly used in the treatment of metastatic
colorectal cancer (CRC). We hypothesized that germline polymorphisms within genes …

Pharmacogenetics of irinotecan metabolism and transport: an update

NF Smith, WD Figg, A Sparreboom - Toxicology in vitro, 2006 - Elsevier
The anticancer agent irinotecan (CPT-11) is converted to SN-38, which is approximately 100
to 1000-fold more cytotoxic than the parent drug. The pharmacokinetics of irinotecan are …

UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) and their related metabolic cross-talk with internal homeostasis: A systematic review of UGT isoforms for precision medicine

N Yang, R Sun, X Liao, J Aa, G Wang - Pharmacological research, 2017 - Elsevier
UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are the primary phase II enzymes catalyzing the
conjugation of glucuronic acid to the xenobiotics with polar groups for facilitating their …

Multidrug resistance protein 2 genetic polymorphisms influence mycophenolic acid exposure in renal allograft recipients

M Naesens, DRJ Kuypers, K Verbeke… - …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background. Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is glucuronidated by uridine diphosphate-
glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) to its pharmacologically inactive 7-O-glucuronide …