PharmGKB Acyclovir/Ganciclovir Pathway Published

The PharmGKB Acyclovir/Ganciclovir Pathway has recently been published in the journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics.

Acyclovir (ACV) and ganciclovir (GCV) are commonly prescribed antivirals to treat infections caused by herpes viruses, varicella-zoster virus or cytomegalovirus (eg. cold sores, shingles and chicken pox, etc.). The pathway, co-developed by Maud Maillard along with other members of the Yang Lab in St. Jude, as well as members of the PharmGKB team, outlines the metabolism, transport, and mechanism of action of ACV and GCV with a view to decipher the existing interpatient variability, and highlights pharmacogenomics implications by the variants of the NUDT15 and ABCC4 genes on ACV and GCV efficacy.  Further work is needed to validate these findings and discover other candidates, with the aim of optimizing antiviral therapy.

View the interactive pathway on PharmGKB:
Acyclovir/Ganciclovir Pathway, Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics

Read our new publication:

PharmGKB summary: acyclovir/ganciclovir pathway
Maud Maillard, Li Gong, Rina Nishii, Jun J Yang, Michelle Whirl-Carrillo, Teri E Klein
Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2022 Jul 1;32(5):201-208. Epub 2022 May 30.

PMID: 35665708

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