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Epigenetic modifications in idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury: A systematic review
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  • Romina Lorena de los Santos Fernández,
  • Antonio Segovia Zafra,
  • Guillermo Paz López,
  • Gonzalo Matilla Cabello,
  • Hao Niu,
  • Ismael Álvarez-Álvarez,
  • Camilla Stephens,
  • Andrés González Jiménez,
  • M Isabel Lucena,
  • Raul Andrade,
  • Inmaculada Medina Cáliz
Romina Lorena de los Santos Fernández
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Antonio Segovia Zafra
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Guillermo Paz López
Bioinformatics Platform, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga and Platform in Nanomedicine – IBIMA-BIONAND, Malaga, Spain.
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Gonzalo Matilla Cabello
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Hao Niu
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Ismael Álvarez-Álvarez
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain,
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Camilla Stephens
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain,
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Andrés González Jiménez
Bioinformatics Platform, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga and Platform in Nanomedicine – IBIMA-BIONAND, Malaga, Spain.
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M Isabel Lucena
Universidad de Malaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica de Málaga, IBIMA

Corresponding Author:lucena@uma.es

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Raul Andrade
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Inmaculada Medina Cáliz
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología clínica, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Abstract

Aim: Genetic susceptibility has been identified in idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, a potentially severe adverse reaction towards drugs, herbal products and dietary supplements. Drug-induced liver injury epigenetic signatures could help explain genetic regulatory mechanisms behind this disease and might provide disease biomarkers. This systematic review aims to analyse all available information on epigenetic risk association studies, as well as to include additional information on receiver operating characteristic analyses in idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury when present. Methods: The main inclusion criteria were population studies on idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury with significant risk association between drug-induced liver injury and an epigenetic regulation mechanism. Results: Out of the seven included articles six were focused on DNA methylation and one on long non-coding RNA. All of the studies were on drug-induced liver injury due to anti-tuberculosis drugs and came from Asia. CpG site methylation in the CYP2D6 (Odds ratio:9.19, 95% confidence interval:3.62-25.89, p-value:0.001) and NAT2 (Odds ratio:8.37, 95% confidence interval:2.39-29.32, p-value:0.001) promoters conferred the highest risk. Regarding the potential of epigenetic signatures as biomarkers, LINE-1 and ALU transposable elements hypomethylation levels showed an area under the curve value of 0.94, indicating their potential as biomarkers. Conclusions: The majority of the studies were on DNA methylation and hepatotoxicity due to anti-tuberculosis drugs, with all of them coming from Asia where tuberculosis is a public health burden. While this is an area that requires further research, the results of this systematic analysis suggest the potential of epigenetic regulation as a new diagnostic and therapeutic target.