Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0262471 (ENT)
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The serum glycoprotein TAG-72 level was determined in 34 patients with chronic laryngitis or ENT malignancy. This marker is in widespread use in cases of gynaecological and gastrointestinal malignancy. TAG-72 levels did not differ significantly either from the levels of healthy subjects or in the post-operative follow-up, so that this indicator appears to be of no clinical value in head and neck oncology.
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PMID:[Role of the tumor marker TAG-72 in head and neck neoplasms]. 228 30

Ribavirin is a broad-spectrum nucleoside-derived antiviral drug used in combination pharmacotherapy treatment of hepatitis C virus infection. Current evidence indicates that ribavirin-associated teratogenicity is not significant in humans, but more information about the developmental toxicity and mechanisms involved in ribavirin placental kinetics is required to assure its safe use in pregnancy. Thus, we have investigated potential roles of equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs, SLC29A), Na+-dependent influx-mediating concentrative nucleoside transporters (CNTs, SLC28A), and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) efflux pumps, in ribavirin placental pharmacokinetics. Our data indicate that ENT1 participates in uptake of ribavirin by BeWo cells, fresh human placental villous fragments and microvillous plasma membrane (MVM) vesicles while activity of CNTs (probably CNT2) was only observed in BeWo cells. In situ dual perfusion experiments with rat term placenta in an open circuit setup showed that ENT inhibition significantly decreases total ribavirin maternal-to-foetal and foetal-to-maternal clearances. In contrast, no contribution of ABC transporters, p-glycoprotein (ABCB1), breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2), or multidrug resistance-associated protein (ABCC2) was detected in assays with MDCKII cells overexpressing them, or in closed circuit dual perfusion experiments with rat term placenta. In summary, our data show that ribavirin placental pharmacokinetics are largely controlled by ENT1 activity and independent of ABCB1, ABCG2, and ABCC2 efflux pumps.
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PMID:Transport of ribavirin across the rat and human placental barrier: Roles of nucleoside and ATP-binding cassette drug efflux transporters. 3071 94