The efficacy of imatinib-based therapy depends on the proteins involved in its metabolism and transportation. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the possible correlation of selected P450, ABC and SLC polymorphic variants and the outcome of imatinib therapy. A total of 101 patients with advanced, KIT/PDGFRA(+) GIST treated with imatinib were enrolled to the study. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples and genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP and direct sequencing. Deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was only observed for rs2740574. None of the studied SNPs was associated with GIST time to progression. No significant correlation between any specific variant and time to progression was found in the group with KIT exon 11 mutation. However, individuals of at least three potentially unfavourable genotypes presented significantly shorter time to progression in comparison to patients with two or less unfavourable genotypes.
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- Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use MeSH
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm genetics MeSH
- Exons genetics MeSH
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors drug therapy genetics MeSH
- Genotype MeSH
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Mutation genetics MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length genetics MeSH
- Solute Carrier Proteins genetics MeSH
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System genetics MeSH
- Check Tag
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
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- Chromosome Disorders MeSH
- Genetic Techniques MeSH
- Sex Chromatin MeSH
- Publication type
- Case Reports MeSH
