PMID- 29564734 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181109 LR - 20220801 IS - 1179-2000 (Electronic) IS - 1177-1062 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Drug-Induced Skin Adverse Reactions: The Role of Pharmacogenomics in Their Prevention. PG - 297-314 LID - 10.1007/s40291-018-0330-3 [doi] AB - Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) affect many patients and remain a major public health problem, as they are a common cause of morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that ADRs are responsible for about 6% of hospital admissions and about 9% of hospitalization costs. Skin is the organ that is most frequently involved in ADRs. Drug-induced skin injuries vary from mild maculopapular eruptions (MPE) to severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) that are potentially life threatening. Genetic factors have been suggested to contribute to these SCARs, and most significant genetic associations have been identified in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. Common drugs associated with SCARs connected with strong genetic risk factors include antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), allopurinol, abacavir, nevirapine, sulfonamides, dapsone, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and analgesic drugs. However, genetic associations vary between different ethnic populations. Differences may in part be explained by the different prevalence of HLA (human leukocyte antigen) alleles among ethnic groups. In this review, we present and discuss the recent advances in genetic associations with ADRs in the skin. Many of these ADRs are now preventable with pharmacogenetic screening. FAU - Gerogianni, Kalliopi AU - Gerogianni K AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece. kalgerog@yahoo.com. FAU - Tsezou, Aspasia AU - Tsezou A AD - Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece. AD - Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece. FAU - Dimas, Konstantinos AU - Dimas K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7481-9148 AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece. kdimas@med.uth.gr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - New Zealand TA - Mol Diagn Ther JT - Molecular diagnosis & therapy JID - 101264260 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal) RN - 0 (Anticonvulsants) RN - 0 (Dideoxynucleosides) RN - 0 (Gout Suppressants) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 33CM23913M (Carbamazepine) RN - 63CZ7GJN5I (Allopurinol) RN - WR2TIP26VS (abacavir) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Allopurinol/adverse effects MH - Anti-HIV Agents/adverse effects MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/adverse effects MH - Anticonvulsants/adverse effects MH - Carbamazepine/adverse effects MH - Dideoxynucleosides/adverse effects MH - Drug Hypersensitivity/*genetics/immunology/pathology/prevention & control MH - Gene Expression MH - *Genetic Testing MH - Gout Suppressants/adverse effects MH - HLA-B Antigens/*genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - *Pharmacogenetics MH - Skin/*drug effects/immunology/pathology EDAT- 2018/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/10 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s40291-018-0330-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40291-018-0330-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Diagn Ther. 2018 Jun;22(3):297-314. doi: 10.1007/s40291-018-0330-3.