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摘要
Thiopurines, commonly used to treat autoimmune conditions and cancer, can be limited by life-threatening leucopenia. However, whether NUDT15 (nucleoside diphosphate-linked moiety X-type motif 15) is associated with thiopurine-induced leucopenia in Asians is controversial.
Relevant studies in English that were published until July 10, 2016 were identified through PubMed, EMbase, and other web knowledge databases. Study quality was assessed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) criteria. Summary risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated based on a fixed-effects model or a random-effects model, depending on the absence or presence of significant heterogeneity.
Seven studies of 1138 patients met our inclusion criteria. Random-effects model meta-analysis provided evidence that T carriers of NUDT15 c.415C > T were significantly correlated with high incidences of thiopurine-induced leukocytopenia [CT + TT vs. CC: RR = 3.79, 95%CI (2.64 similar to 5.44), P < 0.00001]. This correlation was especially strong in TT patients, where it was found to be significantly increased by 6.54-fold compared with CC patients [TT vs. CC: RR = 6.54, 95%CI (3.34 similar to 12.82), P < 0.00001]. We also found that the NUDT15 c.415C > T variant was common in Asians and Hispanics, but rare in Europeans and Africans; the frequency of the NUDT15 c.415C > T distribution varied substantially by race/ethnicity.
The results of this meta-analysis confirm that NUDT15 c.415C > T may be an important predictor of thiopurine-induced leukocytopenia in Asians. Genotype targeting of NUDT15 c.415C > T before initiating thiopurine treatment may be useful to limit leukocytopenia.
- 出版日期2018-2
- 单位郑州大学
