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Genome-wide mapping for clinically relevant predictors of lamotrigine- and phenytoin-induced hypersensitivity
Mark McCormack1, Thomas J Urban, Kevin V Shianna
1The Department of Molecular & Cellular Therapeutics, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Aims:
An association between carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity and HLA-A*3101 has been reported in populations of both European and Asian descent. We aimed to investigate HLA-A*3101 and other common variants across the genome as markers for cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) attributed to lamotrigine and phenytoin.
Materials & Methods:
We recruited patients with lamotrigine-induced cADRs (n = 46) and patients with phenytoin-cADRs (n = 44) and the 1958 British birth cohort was used as a control (n = 1296). HLA-A*3101 was imputed from genome-wide association study data. We applied genome-wide association to study lamotrigine- and phenytoin-induced cADR, and total cADR cases combined.
Results:
Neither HLA-A*3101 nor any other genetic marker significantly predicted lamotrigine- or phenytoin-induced cADRs.
Conclusion:
HLA-A*3101 does not appear to be a predictor for lamotrigine- and phenytoin-induced cADRs in Europeans. Our genome-wide association study results do not support the existence of a clinically relevant common variant for the development of lamotrigine- or phenytoin-induced cADRs. As a predictive marker, HLA-A*3101 appears to be specific for carbamazepine-induced cADRs.
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