Main description:

Pharmacogenetics, Volume 83, the newest volume in the Advances in Pharmacology series, presents a variety of chapters and the best authors in the field, with this release highlighting regulatory perspectives, the implementation of pharmacogenetics in everyday clinical setting, imaging in pharmacogenetics, pharmacoepidemiology in pharmacogenetics, epigenetics and micro RNA in pharmacogenetics, ethnicity in pharmacogenetics, pediatric pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenetics and adverse drug reactions, and cytochrome P450 pharmacogenetics amongst other important topics. This series presents an essential resource for pharmacologists, immunologists, and biochemists alike.

Contents:

Section I: Cytochrome P450 1. Cytochrome P450 in Pharmacogenetics: An Update Aleksi Tornio and Janne T. Backman 2. Epigenetics and MicroRNAs in Pharmacogenetics Ulrich M. Zanger, Kathrin Klein, Nicole Kugler, Tamara Petrikat and Chang S. Ryu 3. Tamoxifen and CYP2D6: A Controversy in Pharmacogenetics Deirdre P. Cronin-Fenton and Per Damkier

Section II: Methods 4. Imaging in Pharmacogenetics Mikkel H. Vendelbo, Lars C. Gormsen and Niels Jessen 5. Pharmacoepidemiology in Pharmacogenetics Thomas P. Ahern

Section III: Special Themes 6. Population Diversity in Pharmacogenetics: A Latin American Perspective Guilherme Suarez-Kurtz and Esteban J. Parra 7. Pharmacogenetics of Adverse Drug Reactions Orod Osanlou, Munir Pirmohamed and Ann K. Daly 8. Pharmacogenetics: Applications to Paediatric Patients Tiphaine A. de Beaumais and Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain

Section IV: Pharmacogenetics in Therapy 9. Implementation of Pharmacogenomics in Everyday Clinical Settings Paul C.D. Bank, Jesse J. Swen and Henk-Jan Guchelaar 10. Pharmacogenetics in Pain Treatment Ana M. Peiro 11. The Pharmacogenetics of Immune-Modulating Therapy Ingolf Cascorbi 12. Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry Filippo Corponi, Chiara Fabbri and Alessandro Serretti 13. Pharmacogenetics in Cardiovascular Medicine Peter E. Weeke 14. Pharmacogenetics of Antidiabetic Drugs Shylaja Srinivasan, Sook Wah Yee and Kathleen M. Giacomini