Background and Objective. VKORC1, CYP2C9, and CYP4F2 are known to be responsible for the metabolism of warfarin. The aim was to explore the frequencies of these genotypes in the Russian population and compare the results with those for other populati...
Background and Objectives: Ticagrelor reduces ischemic events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) but increases bleeding risk. Clinical predictors of bleeding are well established; the contribution of cytochrome P450 polymorphisms involved in ticagrelor...
Interindividual variabilities between patients taking the anticoagulant rivaroxaban are a result of hepatic metabolism by CYP 450 enzymes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of rivaroxaban on CYP4F2 and transcription factors’ acti...
Introduction: Atherosclerosis represents the process by which fibrous plaques are formed in the arterial wall, increasing its rigidity with a subsequent decrease in blood flow which can lead to several cardiovascular events. Seeing as vitamin K antag...
Compound-3 is an oral monophosphate prodrug of gemcitabine. Previous data showed that Compound-3 was more potent than gemcitabine and it was orally active in a tumor xenograft model. In the present study, the metabolism of Compound-3 was investigated...
Background: Congenital ichthyoses are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of Mendelian disorders of cornification. According to the 2025 classification, non-syndromic epidermal differentiation disorders (nEDDs) are categorized based on t...
Malaria is a frequent parasitic infection becomes life threatening due to the disequilibrated immune responses of the host. Avid phagocytosis of malarial pigment hemozoin (HZ) and HZ-containing Plasmodium parasites incapacitates monocyte functions by...
Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus poses an increasing clinical challenge. In this study, 22 clinical filamentous fungal isolates from southwestern China were preliminarily identified as A. fumigatus based on morphological characteristics, and the...
Objectives: Triptolide (TP), a bioactive diterpenoid from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f., has pharmacological activity, but repeated exposure is limited by hepatotoxicity. CYP2E1 is a hepatic metabolic-redox enzyme linked to oxidative liver injury....
Inherited ichthyoses are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders of cornification caused by disruption of epidermal barrier genes involved in keratinization and lipid homeostasis. Pathogenic variants in more than 50 genes have been implica...
Background/Objectives: The frequencies of pharmacogenetically relevant alleles and predicted phenotypes vary substantially between populations, with direct consequences for the expected efficacy and safety of widely prescribed drugs. Russia is one of...
The flower color of Rhododendron is primarily determined by anthocyanin biosynthesis, with cytochrome P450 CYP75 family members, particularly flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase (F3′5′H), playing a central role. However, the compositi...
Glucoraphanin is a plant secondary metabolite that is involved in plant defense and imparts health-promoting properties to cruciferous vegetables. In this study, three genes involved in glucoraphanin metabolism, branched-chain aminotransferase 4 (BCA...
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a significant disorder commonly found in patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. Recent updates have indicated that statins may also contribute to an increased risk of ED. This cross-sectional genetic...
Genes in the epoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism leading to vasoactive eicosanoids, mainly 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic (20-HETE) and epoxyeicosatrienoic (EETs) acids, have been related to glucose-induced renal damage in preclinical repo...
Aiming to elucidate the system-wide effects of the alcohol-induced increase in the content of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) on drug metabolism, we explored the array of its protein-protein interactions (interactome) in human liver microsomes (HLM) wit...
Pulmonary aspergillosis is a common fungal infection with several clinical manifestations including invasive, allergic and chronic chest diseases. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a leading cause of death in immunocompromised patients, parti...
Arachidonic acid can be metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes in a tissue- and cell-specific manner to generate vasoactive products such as epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs-cardioprotective) and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs-cardiotox...
Liver preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the genetically susceptible F344 and resistant BN rats cluster, respectively, with human HCC with better (HCCB) and poorer prognosis (HCCP); therefore, they represent a valid model to study the molecular...
Aspergillus flavus is a pathogenic fungal species that can cause pulmonary aspergillosis, and triazole compounds are used for the treatment of these infections. Prolonged exposure to azoles may select for compensatory mutations in the A. flavus genom...
Leptographium qinlingensis is a fungal associate of the Chinese white pine beetle (Dendroctonus armandi) and a pathogen of the Chinese white pine (Pinus armandi) that must overcome the terpenoid oleoresin defenses of host trees. L. qinlingensis respo...
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP), crucial detoxification enzymes in insects, are involved in the metabolism of endogenous substances as well as the activation and degradation of exogenous compounds. In this study, T. castaneum was utilized to inv...
Aspergillus section Nigri is distributed ubiquitously in nature and is reported to be the third most clinically significant species of the Aspergillus genus. In this study, we surveyed Aspergillus section Nigri isolates from Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan...
Background: Bouquet is a crucial characteristic indicative of wine quality that develops during the aging stage. The cytochrome P450 VvCYP76F14 multi-functionally catalyzes linalool into (E)-8-hydroxylinalool, (E)-8-oxolinalool, and (E)-8-carboxylina...
Aroma composition serves as a pivotal quality determinant in table grapes (Vitis vinifera). While the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP76F14 is implicated in aroma biosynthesis, its functional role in grape berries remains uncharacterized. A comparative ana...
CYP199A4 is a cytochrome P450 and can catalyze the hydroxylation of 4-propionylbenzoic acid (4-pIBA) to generate α-hydroxyketone with high stereoselectivity. The F182L mutant of CYP199A4 (F182L-CYP199A4) has been shown to support the cleavage o...
Aspergillus flavus is both an agricultural and clinical pathogen, notable for its ability to contaminate crops with aflatoxins and cause invasive aspergillosis. The increasing emergence of azole resistance in A. flavus poses a serious challenge to fo...
Mycorrhizal agaricomycetes represent a critical evolutionary and ecological group of fungi that form mutualistic associations with plant roots, contributing to forest ecosystem functioning and global nutrient cycling. Despite extensive genomic studie...
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential predictive value of VKORC1, CYP4F2, and GGCX polymorphisms, as well as other clinical and demographic factors, for 5-year mortality in patients with acute ischemic stroke...
The increasing use of graphene oxide (GO) will result in its release into the environment; therefore, it is essential to determine its final fate and possible metabolism by organisms. The objective of this study was to assess the possible role of the...
Background and Objectives: The age-related macular degeneration (AMD) pathophysiology is multifactorial, as it consists of interactions between aging, genetic, and environmental factors. We aimed to determine a relationship between AMD and the genes...
Analysis of the genotype that predicts the phenotypic characteristics of a cohort of glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients, and the correlation with their personal pharmacological response to beta-blockers (BB) and prostaglandin analogues (PGA)....
The cyp19a1 gene codes aromatase that converts androgen to estrogen, which plays a central role in early female differentiation and ovarian development in teleosts. For the blotched snakehead (Channa maculata), an important aquaculture fish that is s...
Breast cancer has emerged as the leading cause of death among females worldwide. The CYPs play a crucial role in carcinogenesis. The role of the CYP enzyme family, particularly the CYP4 family, in cancer biology has attracted significant attention in...
Human cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) is one of the key CYPs that activate aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a notorious mycotoxin, into carcinogenic exo-8,9-epoxides (AFBO) in the liver. Although the structure of CYP1A2 is available, the mechanism of CYP1A2-specifi...
CYP1A2, one of the most abundant hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes, is involved in metabolism of several drugs and carcinogenic compounds. Data on the significance of CYP1A2 genetic polymorphisms in enzyme activity are highly inconsistent; therefore, t...
Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins, the major flavonoids in black and red rice grains, respectively, are mainly derived from 3′,4′-dihydroxylated leucocyanidin. 3′-Hydroxylation of flavonoids in rice is catalyzed by flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase (F3′H: EC...
Enzymes in the cytochrome P450 4 (CYP4) family are involved in the metabolism of fatty acids, xenobiotics, therapeutic drugs, and signaling molecules, including eicosanoids, leukotrienes, and prostanoids. As CYP4 enzymes play a role in the maintenanc...
In 2019, synthetic cannabinoids accounted for more than one-third of new drugs of abuse worldwide; however, assessment of associated health risks is not ethical for controlled and often illegal substances, making CD-1 mouse exposure studies the gold...
CYP1B1 loss of function (LoF) is the main known genetic alteration present in recessive primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), an infrequent disease characterized by delayed embryonic development of the ocular iridocorneal angle; however, the underlying...
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) is an economically important crop in the family Brassicaceae. Black rot disease is a top ranked cabbage disease, which is caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) and may reduce 50% crop loss. Th...
The over two dozen CYP2B structures of human, rabbit, and woodrat enzymes solved in the last decade have significantly enhanced our understanding of the structure-function relationships of drug metabolizing enzymes. More recently, an important role h...
Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don (known as Chuan-Bei-Mu in Chinese) can synthesize isosteroidal alkaloids (ISA) with excellent medicinal value, and its bulb has become an indispensable ingredient in many patented drugs. Members of the cytochrome P450 (CYP...
Cytochrome P450 drug metabolizing enzymes are implicated in personalized medicine for two main reasons. First, inter-individual variability in CYP3A4 expression is a confounding factor during cancer treatment. Second, inhibition or induction of CYP3A...
The human small intestine can be involved in the first-pass metabolism of drugs. Under this condition, members of the CYP450 superfamily are expected to contribute to drug presystemic biotransformation. The aim of this study was to quantify protein e...
Oxidative damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is one of the main contributors to cell injury and tissue damage in thalassemia patients. Recent studies suggest that ROS generation in non-transfusion-dependent (NTDT) patients occurs as a result of...
The aim of the study is to develop a population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) model and to investigate the influence of CYP3A5/CYP3A4 and ABCB1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the Tacrolimus PK parameters after LCP-Tac formulation in stable adult...
Cytochromes CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1, the members of the cytochrome P450 family 1, catalyze the metabolism of endogenous compounds, drugs, and non-drug xenobiotics which include substances involved in the process of carcinogenesis, cancer chemoprev...
Phenolic compounds and carotenoids are potential inhibitors of cytochrome P450s. Sixteen known compounds, phenolic compounds and carotenoids from seaweed were examined for potential inhibitory capacity against CYP1A2 and CYP3A4 in silico and in vitro...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and global warming impact aquatic ecosystems, eventually interacting. Monolayer (2D) cultures of cell lines, such as the rainbow trout liver RTL-W1, are employed for unveiling toxicological effects in fish. Non...
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