
Pharmacogenetics in the rheumatic diseases
B Cronstein
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Figure 1.
Metabolism of azathioprine. MP, mercaptopurine; TPMT, thiopurine methyl transferase; XO, xanthine oxidase.
Figure 2.
Methotrexate and cellular metabolism. 5-CH3-THF, 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate; AICAR, aminoimidazolecarboxamidoribonucleotide; DHFR, dihydrofolate reductase; dTMP, deoxythymidine monophosphate; dUMP, deoxyutidine monophosphate; FAICAR, formyl aminoimidazolecarboxamidoribonucleotide; FPGS, folylpolyglutamate synthase; IMP, inosine monophosphate; MTHFR, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase; MTX, methotrexate; MTXglu, methotrexate polyglutamate; RFC1, reduced folate carrier 1; THF, tetrahydrofolate; TS, thymidylate synthase.
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