| Literature DB >> 15753437 |
M Linnebank1, H Pels, N Kleczar, S Farmand, K Fliessbach, H Urbach, K Orlopp, T Klockgether, I G H Schmidt-Wolf, U Schlegel.
Abstract
Methotrexate (MTX) is a folate antagonist inhibiting nucleic acid and methionine synthesis. Methionine is necessary for CNS myelination. In 42 patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) treated with a systemic and intraventricular high-dose MTX-based polychemotherapy, the presence of a risk haplotype defined by polymorphisms influencing methionine metabolism referred a relative risk for CNS white matter changes of 4.7 (p = 0.001). The authors conclude that methionine metabolism influences MTX neurotoxicity.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15753437 DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152840.26156.74
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910