Title : Contribution of CYP3A5 to the in vitro hepatic clearance of tacrolimus.

Pub. Date : 2005 Aug

PMID : 15951320






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1 BACKGROUND: Tacrolimus is metabolized predominantly to 13-O-demethyltacrolimus in the liver and intestine by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A). Tacrolimus cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 Homo sapiens
2 BACKGROUND: Tacrolimus is metabolized predominantly to 13-O-demethyltacrolimus in the liver and intestine by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A). Tacrolimus cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 Homo sapiens
3 Patients with high concentrations of CYP3A5, a CYP3A isoenzyme polymorphically produced in these organs, require higher doses of tacrolimus, but the exact mechanism of this association is unknown. Tacrolimus cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 Homo sapiens
4 The importance of CYP3A5 status for tacrolimus clearance is also dependent on the concomitant CYP3A4 activity. Tacrolimus cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 Homo sapiens