Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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2026, 16(6): 3603-3631
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Systematic review on genetic polymorphisms associated with idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (iDILI): iDILInet as an interactive visualization tool
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Gonzalo Matilla-Cabello1,2, Ángela Remesal-Doblado1, Muazzez Celebi-Cinar3, Ana Bodoque-García1, Fatma Betul Metin4, Aida Rezaei3, Moiz Aftab3, Romina De los Santos-Fernández1, Antonio Segovia-Zafra1,2, Ismael Álvarez-Álvarez1,2, Raúl J. Andrade1,2, Gulcin Cakan-Akdogan5,6, M. Isabel Lucena1,2, Ozlen Konu3,4, Marina Villanueva-Paz1,2
Affiliations
1 UGC Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga 29010, Spain;
2 Centro de investigación en red en el área temática de enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid 28029, Spain;
3 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey;
4 Department of Neuroscience, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey;
5 Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Izmir 35340, Turkey;
6 Dokuz Eylul University International Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Izmir 35340, Turkey
doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2026.03.030
Outline
Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (iDILI) is a rare, dose-independent and unpredictable adverse reaction occurring at therapeutic drug exposure, and it presents a significant challenge for drug development and patient safety. Despite extensive research, genetic susceptibility to iDILI remains poorly understood. We conducted a comprehensive systematic study of 139 human genetic studies to identify and characterize genetic polymorphisms associated with increased risk or protection against iDILI. Our study included candidate gene studies and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), encompassing 83 risk and 25 protective genes, with NAT2, HLA-B, and SLCO1B1 among the most frequently reported. We performed functional enrichment analyses using KEGG and Gene Ontology, revealing key biological pathways related to immune response, xenobiotic metabolism, and bile secretion. To enhance data accessibility and interpretation, we developed iDILInet, a publicly available web application that enables interactive exploration and network-based visualization of iDILI-associated gene-variant-drug relationships, enriched with liver-specific expression data from the Human Protein Atlas (HPA). Our work provides a novel integrative resource that supports ongoing efforts in precision medicine and pharmacogenomics and represents a significant advancement in implementing living systematic reviews in toxicogenomics.
Drug-induced liver injury (iDILI)
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Genetic susceptibility
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Pharmacogenomics
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Functional enrichment analysis
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Precision medicine
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Gene-drug interaction
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Interactive network
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iDILInet
Gonzalo Matilla-Cabello, Ángela Remesal-Doblado, Muazzez Celebi-Cinar, Ana Bodoque-García, Fatma Betul Metin, Aida Rezaei, Moiz Aftab, Romina De los Santos-Fernández, Antonio Segovia-Zafra, Ismael Álvarez-Álvarez, Raúl J. Andrade, Gulcin Cakan-Akdogan, M. Isabel Lucena, Ozlen Konu, Marina Villanueva-Paz.
Systematic review on genetic polymorphisms associated with idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (iDILI): iDILInet as an interactive visualization tool[J].
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B,
2026
, 16
(6)
: 3603
-3631
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2026.03.030
Year 2026 volume 16 Issue 6
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doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2026.03.030
- Receive Date:2025-10-21
- Online Date:2026-09-17