Impact of Promoter Polymorphisms on the Transcriptional Regulation of the Organic Cation Transporter OCT1 (SLC22A1)

The organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1, SLC22A1) is strongly expressed in the human liver and facilitates the hepatic uptake of drugs such as morphine, metformin, tropisetron, sumatriptan and fenoterol and of endogenous substances such as thiamine. OCT1 expression is inter-individually highly variab...

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Main Authors: Kristin Bokelmann, Jürgen Brockmöller, Mladen V. Tzvetkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/8/4/42