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Urs A. Meyer

Professor of Pharmacology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Verified email at unibas.ch
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Pharmacogenetics and adverse drug reactions

UA Meyer - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Polymorphisms in the genes that code for drug-metabolising enzymes, drug transporters,
drug receptors, and ion channels can affect an individual's risk of having an adverse drug …

Molecular mechanisms of genetic polymorphisms of drug metabolism

UA Meyer, UM Zanger - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
… also suggest that the metabolism of the antidepressant citalopram, the proton-pump inhibitor
omeprazol (117), and probably the related drugs pantoprazole and lansoprazole (UA Meyer

Induction of drug metabolism: the role of nuclear receptors

C Handschin, UA Meyer - Pharmacological reviews, 2003 - ASPET
Induction of drug metabolism was described more than 40 years ago. Progress in
understanding the molecular mechanism of induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes was made …

[HTML][HTML] The major genetic defect responsible for the polymorphism of S-mephenytoin metabolism in humans.

…, J Blaisdell, K Nakamura, UA Meyer… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - Elsevier
The metabolism of the anticonvulsant drug mephenytoin exhibits a genetic polymorphism in
humans, with the poor metabolizer trait being inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of a new genetic defect responsible for the polymorphism of (S)-mephenytoin metabolism in Japanese.

…, GR Wilkinson, J Blaisdell, UA Meyer… - Molecular …, 1994 - Citeseer
A genetic polymorphism in the metabolism of the anticonvulsant drug (S)-mephenytoin has
been well documented in humans. There are marked interracial differences in the frequency …

Characterization of the common genetic defect in humans deficient in debrisoquine metabolism

…, DW Nebert, HV Gelboin, JP Hardwick, UA Meyer - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
In population studies of individuals given the antihypertensive drug debrisoquine 1,3 , two
distinct phenotypes have been described: extensive metabolizers excrete 10–200 times more …

[PDF][PDF] Oxidation of midazolam and triazolam by human liver cytochrome P450IIIA4.

…, D Mathys, M Umeno, FJ Gonzalez, UA Meyer - Molecular …, 1989 - Citeseer
The metabolism of midazolam and tnazolam to their 1 ‘-hydroxy and 4-hydroxy metabolites
was studied in microsomes of 15 human livers. The formation of both metabolites was …

The human debrisoquine 4-hydroxylase (CYP2D) locus: sequence and identification of the polymorphic CYP2D6 gene, a related gene, and a pseudogene.

S Kimura, M Umeno, RC Skoda, UA Meyer… - American journal of …, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The debrisoquine-4-hydroxylase polymorphism is a genetic variation in oxidative drug
metabolism characterized by two phenotypes, the extensive metabolizer (EM) and poor …

Nomenclature for human CYP2D6 alleles

…, T Ishizaki, E Jacqz-Aigrain, UA Meyer… - Pharmacogenetics …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
To standardize CYP2D6 allele nomenclature, and to conform with international human gene
nomenclature guidelines, an alternative to the current arbitrary system is described. Based …

Polymorphism of the cytochrome P450 CYP2D6 gene in a European population: characterization of 48 mutations and 53 alleles, their frequencies and evolution

…, C Spire, JJ Lafitte, UA Meyer… - Pharmacogenetics …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Meyer UA. Debrisoquine oxidation polymorphism: pheno… Legrand M., Lo-Guidice JM,
Boone P Meyer UA. An efficient … Boone P Meyer UA, A nonsense mutation in the cytochrome …