Desentrañando nuevos determinantes genéticos de la respuesta a la tiopurina a través de TWAS

Carlotta Bidoli1, Wenjian Yang2, Seth E Karol3

  • 1Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

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Este estudio identificó el GNAQ como un nuevo gen que influye en la tolerancia a la 6-mercaptopurina (6MP) en pacientes con leucemia linfoblástica aguda infantil (LLA). Este hallazgo ayuda a explicar por qué algunos pacientes experimentan efectos secundarios a pesar de tener genes TPMT y NUDT15 normales.

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