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Essential Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers in Clinical Practice

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Candidate-gene approach

Whole-genome approach

Candidate genes

Genome-wide molecular profiles

Bioinformatics/biostatistics

Candidate biomarkers

Biomarkers of drug response

FIGURE 3.3 General approaches to detecting biomarkers of drug response. Either a

knowledge-driven candidate gene or an unbiased, whole-genome approach may be used to

detect biomarkers (genetic variants) of drug response phenotypes.

causal variant), have been extensively utilized to identify pharmacogenomic biomarkers

or primarily genetic variants associated with drug response phenotypes.

Some essential pharmacogenomic biomarkers identified from previous association

studies are introduced in the following sections.

PHARMACOGENOMIC BIOMARKERS

WITH CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

The Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase (PharmGKB) (http://www.pharmgkb.

org/) 31 guidelines were followed to obtain a list of essential pharmacogenomic biomarkers

for drugs used to treat common, complex diseases with the strongest level

of evidence for association and clinical implications. Specifically, we focus on essential

pharmacogenomic biomarkers that contain a genetic variant–drug combination

in a CPIC (Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium) 32 or medical

society–endorsed pharmacogenomic guideline as well as those implemented at a

PGRN (Pharmacogenomics Research Network) 33 site or another major health system.

In addition, essential pharmacogenomic biomarkers must contain a variant–drug

combination where the preponderance of evidence shows an association, and must

be replicated in more than one cohort with significant p-values, and preferably, with

a strong effect size. Table 3.1 shows some essential pharmacogenomic biomarkers

by disease type. Given the important roles of drug-metabolizing enzymes, many of

the current pharmacogenomic biomarkers with clinical implementation are genetic

variants located in these enzymes: for example, cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes.

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