TWAS

Carlotta Bidoli1, Wenjian Yang2, Seth E Karol3

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

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まとめ

この研究では,GNAQが,小児性急性リンパ性白血病 (ALL) 患者における6 - メルカプトプリン (6MP) 耐性に影響を与える新しい遺伝子として特定されました. この発見は TPMT と NUDT15 の遺伝子が正常であるにも関わらず,一部の患者が副作用を経験する理由を説明するのに役立ちます.

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