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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2011, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (1): 105-110.

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Polymorphism of CYP2D6 and the influence to the drug metabolism

HAN Lu, LIU Jie   

  1. Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha 410078, Hunan, China
  • Received:2010-11-01 Revised:2010-12-25 Published:2020-09-16

Abstract: CYP2D6 is a member of cytochrome P450 gene family - a group of enzymes that is responsible for phase I metabolism and elimination of numerous endogenous substrates and a diverse array of drugs. It is now thought to be involved in the metabolism of up to 25% of the drugs that are in common use in the clinic, despite its low hepatic content (about 2 %). Among the drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450s, CYP2D6 is the only non-inducible enzyme and is highly polymorphic, which results in a large contribution of genetic variation to its inter-individual variation in enzyme activity and is an enzyme of great historical importance for pharmacogenetics. Here we summarize the polymorphism of CYP2D6 gene and their influence to drug metabolism.

Key words: CYP2D6, Genetic polymorphism, Drug metabolism  ,  ,  ,  ,  

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