Abstract

Pharmacogenetics is the study of gene-drug interactions. In the post-Human Genome era, and with the realization that personal genotypes differ by millions of bases (gene polymorphisms), the application of genetics to explain interindividual differences in clinical drug response seems to offer great promise. Here, recent basic and translational developments in pharmacogenetic profiling of β-blocker response in heart failure are reviewed in the context of the possible consequences of such advances on drug development and clinical therapeutics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-302
Number of pages8
JournalTranslational Research
Volume154
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009

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