Figure 1.
5-Fluorouracil and folate metabolic pathways. Genes examined in our study are shown in bold. DPD, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; DHFR, dihydrofolate reductase; MTHFR, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; OPRT, orotate phosphoribosyl transferase; TS, thymidylate synthase; TP, thymidine phosphorylase; . The official Human Genome Organization gene nomenclature is used. Common or alternative names for each gene can be found at http://pharmacogenetics.wustl. edu.
