Research article: Drug-induced glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency-related hemolysis risk assessment

  • Authors:
  • Yang Yang;Zuofeng Li;Peng Nan;Xiaoyan Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 SiPing Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China;Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai 200235, PR China;Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China;School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 SiPing Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China

  • Venue:
  • Computational Biology and Chemistry
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an essential enzyme that protects human red blood cells from premature destruction caused by oxidative damage. People suffering from G6PD deficiency would be vulnerable to various oxidative substances, such as fava beans and oxidant drugs. Until now, many institutes, organizations or domain experts have compiled low-risk or high-risk drugs collection for patients with G6PD deficiency, mainly from the case report or clinical trails. Recently, we have explored a classification system to predict drug-induced hemolytic potential. In this paper, we screen the normally used over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for ''high-risk'' and ''low-risk'' ones to G6PD deficient patients by this system.