Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
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Circ Cardiovasc Genet · Jun 2011
Kinesin-like protein 6 (KIF6) polymorphism and the efficacy of rosuvastatin in primary prevention.
Hypothesis-generating data raise the possibility that carriers of the kinesin-like protein 6 (KIF6) 719 arginine (Arg) allele preferentially benefit from statin therapy, and, on this basis, a commercial assay for KIF6 has been developed. ⋯ In the large primary prevention JUPITER trial, rosuvastatin was equally effective at reducing cardiovascular event rates among carriers and noncarriers of the KIF6 719Arg allele. Thus, at least for rosuvastatin, there appears to be no clinical utility to screening for KIF6 genotype as a method to determine vascular risk or to predict statin efficacy. Clinical Trial Registration- URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00239681.