Precision Medicine Ontology

Last uploaded: November 24, 2018
Preferred Name

Pharmacogenetics
Synonyms

Pharmacogenetics

pharmacogenetics

PGt

Definitions

The investigation of the influence of variations in DNA sequence on drug response.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16973

ALT_DEFINITION

The study of how a person's genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenetics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person.

Study of the way drugs interact with genetic makeup or the study of genetic response to a drug.

code

C16973

Contributing_Source

CDISC-GLOSS

definition

The investigation of the influence of variations in DNA sequence on drug response.

DesignNote

The term is applicable to activities such as drug discovery, drug development, and clinical practice. Drug response includes drug disposition (pharmacokinetics, PK) and drug effect (pharmacodynamics, PD). The term drug should be considered synonymous with investigational (medicinal) product, medicinal product and pharmaceutical (including vaccines and other biological products).The definition of does not include other disciplines such as proteomics and metabonomics.

has exact synonym

Pharmacogenetics

pharmacogenetics

PGt

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ncit.owl

in subset

http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C61410

http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C67497

label

Pharmacogenetics

Legacy_Concept_Name

Pharmacogenetics

Preferred_Name

Pharmacogenetics

prefixIRI

NCIT:C16973

prefLabel

Pharmacogenetics

Semantic_Type

Biomedical Occupation or Discipline

UMLS_CUI

C0031325

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16624

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