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Genetics of drug-induced liver injury: Current knowledge and future prospects

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Ann DalyORCiD

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Abstract

© 2022 The Author. Clinical and Translational Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains an important clinical problem, both during drug development and the prescription of a range of licensed drugs. Although rare, the consequences are serious. Ongoing studies on genetic risk factors for DILI, especially genomewide association studies, have resulted in the identification of a number of genetic risk factors, including particular HLA alleles and a few non-HLA genes, both immune-related and metabolic. Some non-HLA associations, such as N-acetyltransferase 2 in isoniazid DILI and interferon regulatory factor 6 in interferon-beta DILI are likely to be drug-specific due to the role of the associated gene, but there is also evidence for polygenic susceptibility involving pathways such as oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial function for DILI induced by multiple drugs. Increased knowledge of genetic risk factors should assist in better understanding underlying DILI mechanisms and help improve methods for identifying hepatotoxic drugs early in development. HLA allele-specific T cell proliferation together with in silico prediction of drug binding to specific HLA proteins have confirmed genetic findings for certain common causes of DILI. However, studies in hepatocytes exposed to high drug concentrations suggest toxicity that is not dependent on genotype also occurs. It seems likely that susceptibility to DILI involves several genetic risk factors combining with other factors that affect drug levels. Despite recent progress in detecting genetic risk factors for DILI, low positive predictive values mean that general implementation of genotyping prior to prescription of potentially hepatotoxic drugs is not useful currently.


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Author(s): Daly AK

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Clinical and Translational Science

Year: 2023

Volume: 16

Issue: 1

Pages: 37-42

Print publication date: 01/01/2023

Online publication date: 04/10/2022

Acceptance date: 16/09/2022

ISSN (print): 1752-8054

ISSN (electronic): 1752-8062

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13424

DOI: 10.1111/cts.13424


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