POLYMORPHISMS IN MGST3 ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED ALAT LEVELS AFTER XIMELAGATRAN TREATMENT

摘要

This invention relates to a method for administering a pharmaceutically useful anticoagulant drug to certain suitable patients and a method for identifying those patients suitable for receiving the drug. In particular, the invention surrounds the identification of an association between certain SNPs in the MGST3 gene and susceptibility to increased levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) following ximelagatran administration. Thus, this invention relates to methods for predicting susceptibility to elevated ALAT following ximelagatran administration and to methods for administering a pharmaceutically useful anticoagulant drug to certain suitable patients.