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ArticleScientific reports2023

Association of high intra-patient variability in tacrolimus exposure with calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in kidney transplantation.

Hyokee Kim, Ahram Han, Sanghyun Ahn, Seung-Kee Min, Jongwon Ha, Sangil Min

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Evaluation of efficacy and safety of generic tacrolimus (SuprotacEuropean journal of translational myology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hyokee KimDepartment of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-2326
Ahram HanDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3866-5214
Sanghyun AhnDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-4788
Seung-Kee MinDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1433-2562
Jongwon HaDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2285-3517
Sangil MinDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. surgeonmsi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0688-0278
Seoul National University · KRKorea University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tacrolimus intra-patient variability (IPV) is a novel predictive marker for long-term kidney transplantation outcomes. We examined the association between IPV and calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) nephrotoxicity and the impact of pharmacogenes on CNI nephrotoxicity and IPV. Among kidney transplant recipients at our hospital between January 2013 and December 2015, the records of 80 patients who underwent 1-year protocol renal allograft biopsy and agreed to donate blood samples for genetic analysis were retrospectively reviewed. The cohort was divided into the low and high IPV groups based on a coefficient variability cutoff value (26.5%). In multivariate analysis, the IPV group was involved in determining CNI nephrotoxicity (HR 4.55; 95% CI 0.05-0.95; p = 0.043). The 5-year graft survival was superior in the low IPV group than in the high IPV group (100% vs 92.4% respectively, p = 0.044). Analysis of the time above therapeutic range (TATR) showed higher CNI nephrotoxicity in the high IPV with high TATR group than in the low IPV with low TATR group (35.7% versus 6.7%, p = 0.003). Genetic analysis discovered that CYP3A4 polymorphism (rs2837159) was associated with CNI nephrotoxicity (HR 28.23; 95% CI 2.2-355.9; p = 0.01). In conclusion, high IPV and CYP3A4 polymorphisms (rs2837159) are associated with CNI nephrotoxicity.

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Kidney DiseasesKidney TransplantationCalcineurin InhibitorsCytochrome P-450 CYP3AGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsRetrospective StudiesTacrolimusCalcineurin InhibitorsCytochrome P-450 CYP3AImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimus

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PMID37783764
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