Common Polymorphism’s Analysis of Thiopurine S-Methyltransferase (TPMT) in Iranian Population

Objective: Thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) catalyses the S-methylation of thiopurinedrugs. Low activity phenotypes are correlated with several mutations in the TPMTgene and adverse drug reactions. The molecular basis for dissimilar enzymatic activityof TPMT has been established in Caucasians,...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Azad, Saeid Kaviani, Masoud Soleimani, Mehrdad Noruzinia, Abbas Hajfathali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royan Institute (ACECR), Tehran 2009-01-01
Series:Cell Journal
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Online Access:http://celljournal.org/library/upload/article/Azad.pdf