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Elucidating Differences in the Hepatotoxic Potential of Tolcapone and Entacapone With DILIsym(®), a Mechanistic Model of Drug‐Induced Liver Injury

Tolcapone and entacapone are catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors developed as adjunct therapies for treating Parkinson's disease. While both drugs have been shown to cause mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibition of the bile salt export protein (BSEP), liver injury has only been asso...

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Autores principales: Longo, DM, Yang, Y, Watkins, PB, Howell, BA, Siler, SQ
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26844013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp4.12053