rs35979566

This is a protein-altering variant in the CYP2B6 gene.

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Research that mentions this SNP (1)

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Limited use of interleukin 28B in the setting of response-guided treatment with detailed on-treatment virological monitoring
ReviewAlessandra Mangia et al.(2011)· Hepatology

This is a special issue of the Italian medical journal BeAdfiles (September 2012) dedicated to genetic conditioning in HIV and hepatitis virus infections. It reviews the major genetic polymorphisms that influence disease progression, treatment response, and drug toxicity in HIV and chronic hepatitis B and C infections, with particular emphasis on IL28B polymorphisms (rs809917 and others) predicting HCV treatment response to interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy, and ITPA gene variants protecting against ribavirin-induced anemia. The issue also covers pharmacogenetic markers (CYP2B6, ABCB1, HLA-B*5701) and their clinical applications in antiretroviral therapy.

Traits studied:AIDS progressionAntiretroviral therapy toxicityChronic hepatitis C sustained virological responseCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseDyslipidemiaEfavirenz side effectsHIV infection and progressionHepatitis B virus infectionHepatitis C genotype 1 response to interferonHepatitis C virus infectionHyperbilirubinemiaLeprosyLipodystrophyNeisseria meningitidis infectionNorovirus diarrheaPlasmodium falciparum malariaPlasmodium vivax malariaRenal impairmentRibavirin-induced anemiaTreatment response to interferon and ribavirinTuberculosis
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About CYP2B6

This gene, CYP2B6, encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and its expression is induced by phenobarbital. The enzyme is known to metabolize some xenobiotics, such as the anti-cancer drugs cyclophosphamide and ifosphamide. Transcript variants for this gene have been described; however, it has not been resolved whether these transcripts are in fact produced by this gene or by a closely related pseudogene, CYP2B7. Both the gene and the pseudogene are located in the middle of a CYP2A pseudogene found in a large cluster of cytochrome P450 genes from the CYP2A, CYP2B and CYP2F subfamilies on chromosome 19q. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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