What do drug transporters really do?

SK Nigam - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Potential drug–drug interactions mediated by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter
and solute carrier (SLC) transporter families are of clinical and regulatory concern. However …

The organic anion transporter (OAT) family: a systems biology perspective

SK Nigam, KT Bush, G Martovetsky… - Physiological …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The organic anion transporter (OAT) subfamily, which constitutes roughly half of the SLC22
(solute carrier 22) transporter family, has received a great deal of attention because of its …

The SLC22 transporter family: a paradigm for the impact of drug transporters on metabolic pathways, signaling, and disease

SK Nigam - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The SLC22 transporter family consists of more than two dozen members, which are
expressed in the kidney, the liver, and other tissues. Evolutionary analysis indicates that …

Handling of drugs, metabolites, and uremic toxins by kidney proximal tubule drug transporters

SK Nigam, W Wu, KT Bush, MP Hoenig… - Clinical journal of the …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The proximal tubule of the kidney plays a crucial role in the renal handling of drugs (eg,
diuretics), uremic toxins (eg, indoxyl sulfate), environmental toxins (eg, mercury, aristolochic …

Renal drug transporters and drug interactions

A Ivanyuk, F Livio, J Biollaz, T Buclin - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2017 - Springer
Transporters in proximal renal tubules contribute to the disposition of numerous drugs.
Furthermore, the molecular mechanisms of tubular secretion have been progressively …

The genetic landscape of the human solute carrier (SLC) transporter superfamily

L Schaller, VM Lauschke - Human genetics, 2019 - Springer
The human solute carrier (SLC) superfamily of transporters is comprised of over 400
membrane-bound proteins, and plays essential roles in a multitude of physiological and …

Pharmacogenomics of COVID-19 therapies

T Takahashi, JA Luzum, MR Nicol… - NPJ genomic …, 2020 - nature.com
A new global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in high
mortality and morbidity. Currently numerous drugs are under expedited investigations …

Influence of transporter polymorphisms on drug disposition and response: a perspective from the international transporter consortium

SW Yee, DJ Brackman, EA Ennis… - Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in genomic technologies have led to a wealth of information identifying genetic
polymorphisms in membrane transporters, specifically how these polymorphisms affect drug …

Emerging roles of the human solute carrier 22 family

SW Yee, KM Giacomini - Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 2022 - Elsevier
The human solute carrier 22 family (SLC22), also termed the organic ion transporter family,
consists of 28 distinct multi-membrane spanning proteins, which phylogenetically cluster …

Regulation of organic anion transporters: Role in physiology, pathophysiology, and drug elimination

J Zhang, H Wang, Y Fan, Z Yu, G You - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
The members of the organic anion transporter (OAT) family are mainly expressed in kidney,
liver, placenta, intestine, and brain. These transporters play important roles in the disposition …