SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.32 issue4Supply and nutritional composition of salads in the food courts of shopping centers of Metropolitan Lima, 2014TEM and CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Klebsiella spp and Escherichia coli isolates from inanimate surfaces of hospital environments author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

  • Have no cited articlesCited by SciELO

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Print version ISSN 1726-4634

Abstract

FLORES-ANGULO, Carlos et al. Allelic variants of the CYP2D6: *4, *6 and *10 in a sample of resident from the Aragua state, Venezuela. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.4, pp.746-751. ISSN 1726-4634.

The aim of this study was to determine the CYP2D6: * 4, * 6 and * 10 gene variants frequency and to predict the metabolizer phenotype in a sample of 145 unrelated apparently healthy individuals residing in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. Genotypes were determined by Polymerase chain reaction assays followed by restriction endonucleases digestion. The metabolizer phenotype prediction was made based on the activity score system. The frequencies of CYP2D6 * 4, * 6 and * 10 allelic variants were 14.5%, 0.3% and 1%. A significant percentage of individuals were categorized as heterozygote-extensive/intermediate (23.5%) and poor metabolizers (4.1%), this information has potential clinical impact, because the CYP2D6 protein is involved in the metabolism of drugs frequently prescribed as: carvedilol, captopril, chloroquine, codeine, fluoxetine, fluvastatin, haloperidol, idarubicin, indinavir, imatinib, loperamide, nifedipine, ondansetron and tamoxifen

Keywords : CYP2D6; Genotype; Phenotype; Pharmacogenetics; Venezuela.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )