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ReviewBasic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology2021

Pharmacogenetic studies of thiopurine methyltransferase genotype-phenotype concordance and effect of methotrexate on thiopurine metabolism.

Anna Zimdahl Kahlin, Sara Helander, Patricia Wennerstrand, Svante Vikingsson, Lars-Göran Mårtensson, Malin Lindqvist Appell

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Review in Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Relationship Between Thiopurine S-Methyltransferase Genotype and Phenotype in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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  3. Pharmacogenomics · 2024
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  4. Can Pharmacogenetic Variants inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  5. Population-Specific Distribution ofTherapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023
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  6. Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna Zimdahl KahlinDivision of Drug Research, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Sara HelanderDivision of Drug Research, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Patricia WennerstrandDivision of Chemistry, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Svante VikingssonDivision of Drug Research, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5977-3049
Lars-Göran MårtenssonDivision of Chemistry, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7642-9263
Malin Lindqvist AppellDivision of Drug Research, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2809-7591
Linköping University · SE

Funding

BarncancerfondenCancerfondenForskningsrådet i Sydöstra SverigeLiU cancer networkÖstgötaregionens Cancerfondthe Lars Hierta Memory FoundationThe Samariten FoundationThe Swedish Society of Medicine Linköping
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery and implementation of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) pharmacogenetics has been a success story and has reduced the suffering from serious adverse reactions during thiopurine treatment of childhood leukaemia and inflammatory bowel disease. This MiniReview summarizes four studies included in Dr Zimdahl Kahlin's doctoral thesis as well as the current knowledge on this field of research. The genotype-phenotype concordance of TPMT in a cohort of 12 663 individuals with clinically analysed TPMT status is described. Notwithstanding the high concordance, the benefits of combined genotyping and phenotyping for TPMT status determination are discussed. The results from the large cohort also demonstrate that the factors of gender and age affect TPMT enzyme activity. In addition, characterization of four previously undescribed TPMT alleles (TPMT*41, TPMT*42, TPMT*43 and TPMT*44) shows that a defective TPMT enzyme could be caused by several different mechanisms. Moreover, the folate analogue methotrexate (MTX), used in combination with thiopurines during maintenance therapy of childhood leukaemia, affects the metabolism of thiopurines and interacts with TPMT, not only by binding and inhibiting the enzyme activity but also by regulation of its gene expression.

Indexed as

Pharmacogenomic VariantsBinding SitesBiotransformationDrug InteractionsGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGenotypeHumansMethotrexateMethyltransferasesPharmacogeneticsPhenotypeProtein BindingPurinesMethotrexateMethyltransferasesPurinesTPMT protein, human

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PMID32865889
PMCPMC7821157
OpenAlexW3082833760

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