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Chang WT, Huang PS, Su LW, Liao CT, Siong Toh H, Chen YC, Chung‑Han H, Chen ZC, Hsu PC, Hong CS. Utility of the ACD-GENE-CLI Score in Asian Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia Undergoing Endovascular Interventions. J Atheroscler Thromb 2024; 31:572-586. [PMID: 38092392 PMCID: PMC11079481 DOI: 10.5551/jat.64326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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AIMS Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is an emerging public health threat and lacks a reliable score for predicting the outcomes. The Age, Body Mass Index, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, and Genotyping (ABCD-GENE) risk score helps identify patients with coronary artery disease who have cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) polymorphism-related drug resistance and are at risk for cardiovascular adverse events. However, its application to CLI remains unknown. In this study, we aim to validate a modified ACD-GENE-CLI score to improve the prediction of major adverse limb events (MALEs) in patients with CLI receiving clopidogrel. METHODS Patients with CLI receiving clopidogrel post-endovascular intervention were enrolled prospectively in two medical centers. Amputation and revascularization as MALEs were regarded as the outcomes. RESULTS A total of 473 patients were recruited, with a mean follow-up duration of 25 months. Except for obesity, old age, diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and CYP2C19 polymorphisms were significantly associated with MALEs. Using bootstrap regression analysis, we established a modified risk score (ACD-GENE-CLI) that included old age (≥ 65 years), diabetes, CKD, and CYP2C19 polymorphisms. At a cutoff value of 8, the ACD-GENE-CLI score was superior to the CYP2C19 deficiency only, and the conventional ABCD-GENE score in predicting MALEs (area under the curve: 0.69 vs. 0.59 vs. 0.67, p=0.01). The diagnostic ability of the ACD-GENE-CLI score was consistent in the external validation. Also, Kaplan-Meier curves showed that in CYP2C19 deficiency, the ABCD-GENE and ACD-GENE-CLI scores could all differentiate patients with CLI who are free from MALEs. CONCLUSIONS The modified ACD-GENE-CLI score could differentiate patients with CLI receiving clopidogrel who are at risk of MALEs. Further studies are required to generalize the utility of the score.
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- Wei-Ting Chang
- School of Medicine and Doctoral Program of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medicine and Center of Excellence for Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Centre, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan
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- Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan
- Department of Information Management, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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Goncalves LN, van Velze V, Klok FA, Gal P, Vos RC, Hamming JF, van der Bogt KEA. High on-treatment platelet reactivity in peripheral arterial disease: A systematic review. Vascular 2023:17085381231214324. [PMID: 37950666 DOI: 10.1177/17085381231214324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To highlight current evidence pertaining to the measurement methods and prevalence of high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) in patients with PAD, as well as to evaluate the relationship between HTPR and recurrent adverse cardiovascular and limb events in PAD patients. METHODS A systematic review of English-language literature on HTPR in patients with PAD. An electronic literature search of PubMed and Medline was performed in May 2021. RESULTS A total of 29 studies with a total number of 11,201 patients with PAD were identified. HTPR during clopidogrel treatment ranges from 9.8 to 77%, and during aspirin treatment ranges from 4.1 to 50% of PAD patients. HTPR was associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The need for limb revascularisation was higher in patients with HTPR during clopidogrel use. Similarly, HTPR during aspirin use in the PAD population was predictive of adverse cardiovascular events (HR 3.73; 95% CI, 1.43-9.81; p = .007). A wide range of techniques were applied to measure platelet resistance, without consensus on cut-off values. Furthermore, differing patient populations, a variety of antiplatelet regimens, and differing clinical endpoints highlight the high degree of heterogeneity in the studies included in this review. CONCLUSION No consensus on technique or cut-off values for HTPR testing has been reached. Patients with HTPR are potentially at a greater risk of adverse limb-related and cardiovascular events than patients sensitive to antiplatelet therapy illustrating the need for clinical implementation of HTPR testing. Future research must aim for consistent methodology. Adaptation of antiplatelet therapy based on HTPR results requires further exploration.
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- Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Clinical pharmacology and Toxicology, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Clinical pharmacology and Toxicology, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Can Depboylu B, Yazman S, Harmandar B, Funda Tetik M, Istar H, Arslan K, Ilhan G. Do Patients With Arterial Occlusive Disease of Different Etiologies Benefit Equally From Cilostazol? Tex Heart Inst J 2023; 50:490714. [PMID: 36763036 PMCID: PMC9969766 DOI: 10.14503/thij-21-7747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cilostazol is a guideline-recommended drug that improves intermittent claudication and quality of life in patients with chronic atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease. The drug is used for most etiologies of arterial occlusive diseases in clinical practice. This study aimed to evaluate whether patients benefit equally from cilostazol regardless of etiology. METHODS Patients on cilostazol were divided into 4 groups according to arterial occlusive disease etiology: (1) atherosclerosis, (2) diabetic angiopathy, (3) embolism/thrombosis, and (4) Buerger disease. Patients' maximum walking distance, ankle-brachial index score and distal tissue oxygen saturation (Sto2), clinical improvement onset time, ability to reach maximum benefit time, vascular surgeries, and wounds were compared before they started cilostazol and after 12 months. Results were evaluated at a statistical significance of P < .05. RESULTS In 194 patients, 307 target extremities were evaluated in the 4 disease groups. After cilostazol use, maximum walking distance, ankle-brachial index score, and distal Sto2 increased significantly in all groups (P < .001), but distal Sto2 in the diabetic angiopathy and Buerger disease groups was significantly lower than in the atherosclerosis group (P < .001). Ankle-brachial index and distal Sto2 differences in the Buerger disease group were significantly lower (both P < .001). The vascular surgery counts decreased significantly in the atherosclerosis and embolism/thrombosis groups (P = .019 and P = .004, respectively). CONCLUSION Patients with nonatherosclerotic arterial occlusive disease also benefit from cilostazol, but patients with Buerger disease or diabetic angiopathy seem to benefit less. Combining cilostazol with anticoagulant or antiaggregant agents and closer monitoring of these patients may produce better results.
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- Burak Can Depboylu
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey
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Kalantzi K, Tentolouris N, Melidonis AJ, Papadaki S, Peroulis M, Amantos KA, Andreopoulos G, Bellos GI, Boutel D, Bristianou M, Chrisis D, Dimitsikoglou NA, Doupis J, Georgopoulou C, Gkintikas SA, Iraklianou S, Kanellas Κ, Kotsa K, Koufakis T, Kouroglou M, Koutsovasilis AG, Lanaras L, Liouri E, Lixouriotis C, Lykoudi A, Mandalaki E, Papageorgiou E, Papanas N, Rigas S, Stamatelatou MI, Triantafyllidis I, Trikkalinou A, Tsouka AN, Zacharopoulou O, Zoupas C, Tsolakis I, Tselepis AD. Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Cilostazol to Clopidogrel-Treated Diabetic Patients With Symptomatic Lower Extremity Artery Disease in the Prevention of Ischemic Vascular Events. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 10:e018184. [PMID: 33327737 PMCID: PMC7955466 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for lower extremity arterial disease. Cilostazol expresses antiplatelet, anti‐inflammatory, and vasodilator actions and improves the claudication intermittent symptoms. We investigated the efficacy and safety of adjunctive cilostazol to clopidogrel‐treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus exhibiting symptomatic lower extremity arterial disease, in the prevention of ischemic vascular events and improvement of the claudication intermittent symptoms. Methods and Results In a prospective 2‐arm, multicenter, open‐label, phase 4 trial, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with intermittent claudication receiving clopidogrel (75 mg/d) for at least 6 months, were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio, either to continue to clopidogrel monotherapy, without receiving placebo cilostazol (391 patients), or to additionally receive cilostazol, 100 mg twice/day (403 patients). The median duration of follow‐up was 27 months. The primary efficacy end point, the composite of acute ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack, acute myocardial infarction, and death from vascular causes, was significantly reduced in patients receiving adjunctive cilostazol compared with the clopidogrel monotherapy group (sex‐adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.468; 95% CI, 0.252–0.870; P=0.016). Adjunctive cilostazol also significantly reduced the stroke/transient ischemic attack events (sex‐adjusted HR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.15–0.98; P=0.046) and improved the ankle‐brachial index and pain‐free walking distance values (P=0.001 for both comparisons). No significant difference in the bleeding events, as defined by Bleeding Academic Research Consortium criteria, was found between the 2 groups (sex‐adjusted HR, 1.080; 95% CI, 0.579–2.015; P=0.809). Conclusions Adjunctive cilostazol to clopidogrel‐treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with symptomatic lower extremity arterial disease may lower the risk of ischemic events and improve intermittent claudication symptoms, without increasing the bleeding risk, compared with clopidogrel monotherapy. Registration URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT02983214.
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- Kallirroi Kalantzi
- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- 3rd Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Center General Hospital of Nikaia Athens Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center First Department of Internal Medicine Medical School Aristotle University of ThessalonikiAHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki Greece
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- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine Center General Hospital "Tzaneio," Piraeus Greece
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- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine Center General Hospital "Tzaneio," Piraeus Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center First Department of Internal Medicine Medical School Aristotle University of ThessalonikiAHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center First Department of Internal Medicine Medical School Aristotle University of ThessalonikiAHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine General Hospital of Lamia Greece
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- 3rd Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Center General Hospital of Nikaia Athens Greece
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- 3rd Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Center General Hospital of Nikaia Athens Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- 3rd Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Center General Hospital of Nikaia Athens Greece
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine Democritus University of Thrace Alexandroupolis Greece
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- 3rd Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Center General Hospital of Nikaia Athens Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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- Atherothrombosis Research Center Laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina Greece
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Hernandez-Suarez DF, Botton MR, Scott SA, Tomey MI, Garcia MJ, Wiley J, Villablanca PA, Melin K, Lopez-Candales A, Renta JY, Duconge J. Pharmacogenetic association study on clopidogrel response in Puerto Rican Hispanics with cardiovascular disease: a novel characterization of a Caribbean population. PHARMACOGENOMICS & PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 2018; 11:95-106. [PMID: 29922082 PMCID: PMC5996853 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s165805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Introduction High on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) to clopidogrel imparts an increased risk for ischemic events in adults with coronary artery disease. Platelet reactivity varies with ethnicity and is influenced by both clinical and genetic variables; however, no clopidogrel pharmacogenetic studies with Puerto Rican patients have been reported. Therefore, we sought to identify clinical and genetic determinants of on-treatment platelet reactivity in a cohort of Puerto Rican patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods We performed a retrospective study of 111 patients on 75 mg/day maintenance dose of clopidogrel. Patients were allocated into 2 groups: Group I, without HTPR; and Group II, with HTPR. Platelet function was measured ex vivo using the VerifyNow® P2Y12 assay and HTPR was defined as P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) ≥230. Genotyping testing was performed using Taqman® Genotyping Assays. Results The mean PRU across the cohort was 203±61 PRU (range 8–324), and 42 (38%) patients had HTPR. Multiple logistic regression showed that 27% of the total variation in PRU was explained by a history of diabetes mellitus, hematocrit, CYP2C19*2, and PON1 p.Q192R. Body mass index (odds ratio [OR]=1.15; 95% CI: 1.03–1.27), diabetes mellitus (OR=3.46; 95% CI: 1.05–11.43), hematocrit (OR=0.75; 95% CI: 0.65–0.87), and CYP2C19*2 (OR=4.44; 95% CI: 1.21–16.20) were the only independent predictors of HTPR. Conclusion Moreover, we propose a predictive model to determine PRU values as measured by VerifyNow P2Y12 assay for the Puerto Rican Hispanic population. This model has the potential to identify Hispanic patients at higher risk for adverse events on clopidogrel.
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- Dagmar F Hernandez-Suarez
- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
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Hernandez-Suarez DF, Tomassini-Fernandini JC, Cuevas A, Rosario-Berrios AN, Nuñez-Medina HJ, Padilla-Arroyo D, Rivera N, Liriano J, Vega-Roman RK, Renta JY, Melin K, Duconge J. Clinical Relevant Polymorphisms Affecting Clopidogrel Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Insights from the Puerto Rico Newborn Screening Program. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E1115. [PMID: 29848980 PMCID: PMC6025039 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15061115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Background: Variations in several clopidogrel-pharmacogenes have been linked to clopidogrel response variability and clinical outcomes. We aimed to determine the frequency distribution of major polymorphisms on CYP2C19, PON1, ABCB1 and P2RY12 pharmacogenes in Puerto Ricans. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, population-based study of 200 unrelated "Guthrie" cards specimens from newborns registered in the Puerto Rican newborn screening program (PRNSP) between 2004 and 2014. Taqman® SNP assay techniques were used for genotyping. Results: Minor allele frequencies (MAF) were 46% for PON1 (rs662), 41% for ABCB1 (rs1045642), 14% for CYP2C19*17, 13% for CYP2C19*2, 12% for P2RY12-H2 and 0.3% for CYP2C19*4. No carriers of the CYP2C19*3 variants were detected. All alleles and genotype proportions were found to be in Hardy⁻Weinberg equilibrium (HWE). Overall, there were no significant differences between MAFs of these variants in Puerto Ricans and the general population (n = 453) of the 1000 Genome project, except when comparisons to each individual parental group were performed (i.e., Africans, Europeans and East-Asians; p < 0.05). As expected, the prevalence of these markers in Puerto Ricans most resembled those in the 181 subjects from reference populations of the Americas. Conclusions: These prevalence data provide a necessary groundwork for future clinical studies of clopidogrel pharmacogenetics in Caribbean Hispanics.
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- Dagmar F Hernandez-Suarez
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medicine Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00931, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00931, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medicine Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00931, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00931, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Bayamon Campus, Bayamon, PR 00959, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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