Abstract
Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) are unpredictable and may range from mild maculopapular exanthema (MPE) to life-threatening severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCARs), including drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Increasing pharmacogenomic studies showed specific HLA alleles are strongly associated with cADRs. The pathogenic checkpoints of cADRs include genetic polymorphisms affecting the immune synapse of HLA/drugs/T cell receptor interactions, specific HLA loci, T cell-mediated responses, and drug metabolism. Recently, pharmacogenomic screening for specific HLA alleles or high-risk genes prior to drug prescriptions to prevent cADRs has been widely implemented in clinical practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions |
| Subtitle of host publication | Current and Future Trends |
| Publisher | Springer Singapore |
| Pages | 39-53 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811314896 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811314889 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 01 01 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.
Keywords
- Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs)
- Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)
- Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)
- T cell receptors (TCR)
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)