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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Warfarin is a widely prescribed anticoagulant for thromboembolic disorders and exhibits wide inter-individual differences in its pharmacodynamic effects. Warfarin exerts its anticoagulant effect by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of vitamin K 2,3-epoxide reductase complex, subunit 1 (VKORC1) which regenerates reduced vitamin K as an essential cofactor for the post-translational gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues on coagulation factors II, VII, IX and X, and the anticoagulant proteins C, S and Z. Recent studies have shown polymorphisms in genes involved in the uptake of vitamin K (apolipoprotein E [ApoE]), reduction of vitamin K 2,3-epoxide (VKORC1), metabolism of warfarin (cytochrome P450 2C9 [CYP2C9]), and gamma carboxylation (gamma-glutamyl carboxylase [GGCX]) to influence the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin in patients from different ethnic backgrounds, resulting in variable warfarin dose requirements. Understanding the causal relationship of these polygenic influences on warfarin dose requirements in patients of different ethnicity may be vital in reducing inter-patient variability and optimising anticoagulant therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anticoagulants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CALU protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CYP2C9 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbon-Carbon Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epoxide Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mixed Function Oxygenases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Warfarin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glutamyl carboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/vitamin K epoxidase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0312-5963
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1189-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacogenetics of target genes across the warfarin pharmacological pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
National Cancer Centre, Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't