Pharmacogenomics and Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions

  • Ren You Pan
  • , Chun Bing Chen
  • , Wen Hung Chung*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions
Subtitle of host publicationCurrent and Future Trends
PublisherSpringer Singapore
Pages39-53
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9789811314896
ISBN (Print)9789811314889
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 01 2018

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© 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)

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