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ArticleBioMed research international2013

Validation of new allele-specific real-time PCR system for thiopurine methyltransferase genotyping in Korean population.

Sollip Kim, Hye Won Lee, Woochang Lee, Sail Chun, Won-Ki Min

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Article in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sollip KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Joowha-ro 170, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea.
Hye Won Lee
Woochang Lee
Sail Chun
Won-Ki Min
Ulsan College · KRInje University Ilsan Paik Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThiopurine drugs are metabolized via S-methylation and catalyzed by thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT). Patients with very low TPMT activity are at high risk of fatal bone marrow toxicity when standard doses of thiopurine drugs are administered. TPMT genotyping can predict TPMT activity and is not affected by transfusion or red blood cell defects. Here, we report a new allele-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for thiopurine methyltransferase genotyping that is validated in Korean population. MATERIALS AND

methodsThree major TPMT single-nucleotide polymorphisms (TPMT 2, 3B, and 3C) were genotyped using real-time PCR with the allele-specific primers and probes. Internal positive controls were included in each well, and an automatic interpretative algorithm was applied. This system was validated using 244 clinical samples and 2 commercial DNA samples that had been previously genotyped using PCR-direct sequencing. Results. All of the obtained results are concordant with those of the reference method. All of the internal positive control reactions were successful. The allele frequency of TPMT 3C was 2.05% (10 of 488 alleles). All of the patients with variant alleles were heterozygotes, and no homozygotes were detected. No TPMT 2, 3A, or 3B alleles were observed in this Korean population.

conclusionThis rapid, accurate, and user-friendly genotyping system can be readily used to improve the efficacy and safety of thiopurine treatments in clinical practice.

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Genotyping TechniquesAllelesAsian PeopleGenetics, PopulationHumansKoreaMethyltransferasesPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionMethyltransferasesthiopurine methyltransferase

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PMID23555080
PMCPMC3600258
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