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PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 242-247Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2009.15
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organic cation transporter 1; metformin; diabetes mellitus type 2; pharmacogenomics
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- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) [175.01.2005.011]
- The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) [050-060-810]
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The organic cation transporter 1, encoded by the SLC22A1 gene, is responsible for the uptake of the anti-hyperglycaemic drug, metformin, in the hepatocyte. We assessed whether a genetic variation in the SLC22A1 gene is associated with the glucose-lowering effect of metformin. Incident metformin users in the Rotterdam Study, whose HbA1c measurements were available, were identified. Associations between 11 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in the SLC22A1 gene and change in the HbA1c level were analyzed. A total of 102 incident metformin users were included in this study sample. Except for the rs622342 A > C polymorphism, no significant differences in metformin response were observed. For each minor C allele at rs622342, the reduction in HbA1c levels was 0.28% less (95% CI 0.09-0.47, P = 0.005). After Bonferroni correction, the P-value was 0.050. To conclude, genetic variation at rs622342 in the SLC22A1 gene was associated with the glucose-lowering effect of metformin in patients with diabetes mellitus. The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2009) 9, 242-247; doi: 10.1038/tpj.2009.15; published online 21 April 2009
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