TraitHigh when call is present
How you metabolize CYP3A5 drugs (e.g. tacrolimus)
How you metabolize CYP3A5 drugs (e.g. tacrolimus) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its medication response panel: Whether you make an active CYP3A5 enzyme, which mainly guides dosing of the transplant drug tacrolimus — expressers often need higher doses.
- Category
- Medication response
- Markers
- CYP3A5 diplotype/phenotype
- Strength of evidence
- High when call is present
- DNA-test coverage
- Stronger with whole genome
Genes
How Biome reads this
Biome's at-home DNA test reads this directly from one saliva sample, alongside 650,000+ other markers.
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