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Role of Oxidative Stress Mediated by Glutathione-S-transferase in Thiopurines' Toxic Effects [PDF]

, 2015
Azathioprine (AZA), 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), and 6-thioguanine (6-TG) are antimetabolite drugs, widely used as immunosuppressants and anticancer agents.
De Iudicibus, Sara, Decorti, Giuliana, Fusco, Laura, Lagatolla, Cristina, Martelossi, Stefano, Pelin, Marco, Pellizzari, Giulia, Stocco, Gabriele, Taboga, Eleonora, Ventura, Alessandro   +9 more
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Thiopurine pharmacogenomics: association of SNPs with clinical response and functional validation of candidate genes [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: We investigated candidate genes associated with thiopurine metabolism and clinical response in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Materials & methods: We performed genome-wide SNP association studies of 6-thioguanine and 6-mercaptopurine ...
Batzler, A., Cartwright, C.S., Fridley, B.L., Jenkins, G., Lennard, L., Li, F., Livshits, A., Matimba, A., Scully, S., Wang, L., Weinshilboum, R.   +10 more
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MSH6 haploinsufficiency at relapse contributes to the development of thiopurine resistance in pediatric B-lymphoblastic leukemia

Haematologica, 2018
Survival of children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia is poor, and understanding mechanisms underlying resistance is essential to developing new therapy.
Nikki A. Evensen, P. Pallavi Madhusoodhan, Julia Meyer, Jason Saliba, Ashfiyah Chowdhury, David J. Araten, Jacob Nersting, Teena Bhatla, Tiffaney L. Vincent, David Teachey, Stephen P. Hunger, Jun Yang, Kjeld Schmiegelow, William L. Carroll   +13 more
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Case Report: Azathioprine: An Old and Wronged Immunosuppressant

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Mycophenolate rapidly substituted azathioprine (AZA) in transplant immunosuppression regimens since the 1990s, when early clinical trials indicated better outcomes, although opposite results were also observed. However, none of these trials used the well-
Pedro R. Chocair, Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Sara Mohrbacher, Maurilio Pacheco Neto, Victor A. H. Sato, Érico S. Oliveira, Leonardo V. Barbosa, Alessandra M. Bales, Fagner Pereira da Silva, Américo L. Cuvello-Neto, John A. Duley   +10 more
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Is porto sinusoidal vascular disease to be actively searched in patients with portal vein thrombosis? [PDF]

, 2019
Porto sinusoidal vascular liver disease (PSVD) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are distinct vascular liver diseases characterized, respectively, by an intrahepatic and a prehepatic obstacle to the flow in the liver portal system. PVT may also occur as a
D'Amati, G., Gioia, S., Nardelli, S., Ridola, L., Riggio, O.   +4 more
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Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome in a paediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after completion of reinduction therapy according to ALL Intercontinental Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster 2009

Contemporary Oncology, 2018
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), also termed veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver, is a well-known complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) both in children and adults.
Dorota Pawlik-Gwozdecka, Ninela Irga-Jaworska, Marek Tomaszewski, Elżbieta Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska   +3 more
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The drug-survival of low-dose thioguanine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective observational study

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
Background: Thiopurines are commonly used to treat inflammatory bowel disease but withdrawal due to side effects are common. Thioguanine has been suggested to be better tolerated than conventional thiopurines.
Helena Gensmyr-Singer, Mårten Werner, Pontus Karling   +2 more
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Aleukemic granulocytic sarcoma and leukemia cutis: A report of two rare cases and review of literature

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2016
Granulocytic sarcoma (GS), also called myeloid sarcoma is an extramedullary tumor of the immature granulocytic cells. It is a rare entity and mostly accompanied by acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Rahul S Kulkarni, Asha S Anand, Apurva A Patel, Sandip A Shah, Harsha P Panchal, Sonia K Parikh, Hemangini H Vora, Biren P Parikh, Avinash Talele   +8 more
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Pan-pathway based interaction profiling of FDA-approved nucleoside and nucleobase analogs with enzymes of the human nucleotide metabolism. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
To identify interactions a nucleoside analog library (NAL) consisting of 45 FDA-approved nucleoside analogs was screened against 23 enzymes of the human nucleotide metabolism using a thermal shift assay. The method was validated with deoxycytidine kinase;
Louise Egeblad, Martin Welin, Susanne Flodin, Susanne Gräslund, Liya Wang, Jan Balzarini, Staffan Eriksson, Pär Nordlund   +7 more
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Azathioprine-Induced Peripheral T Cell Apoptosis And Drug Response In Patients With Crohn’s Disease [PDF]

, 2011
Background and Aim: the long time interval for a trial of thioupurine therapy and the potential side effects in spite of the proven efficacy, do not encourage their use as early therapeutic option in Crohn’s Disease (CD).
Cossu, Andrea
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