New feature: pathways and important genes from PharmGKB.

摘要

In this issue of Pharmacogenetics and Pharmaco-genomics, we are pleased to introduce a regular new feature, provided in collaboration with the Pharmaco-genomics Knowledgebase (PharmGKB, http:llwww.pharm.gkb. orgf). Each issue of our journal will highlight two elements from the PharmGKB site. First, we will present an important pathway of drug metabolism (usually affecting the pharmacokinetics of a drug) or an important pathway of drug action (describing its targets and mechanism of action or pharmacodynamics). The PharmGKB has a staff of PhD and MS level biologists who constantly survey the literature and create these summaries for users of the database.