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Effect of CYP2E1 induction by ethanol on the immunotoxicity and genotoxicity of extended low-level benzene exposure.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A - 11 Feb 2000
Daiker D H, Shipp B K, Schoenfeld H A, Klimpel G R, Witz G, Moslen M T, Ward J B
Abstract excerpt
Potential additive effects of ethanol consumption, a common life-style factor, and low-level benzene exposure, a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, were investigated. Ethanol is a potent inducer of the cytochrome P-450 2E1 (CYP2E1) enzyme, which bioactivates benzene to metabolites with known genotoxicity and immunotoxicity. A liquid diet containing 4.1% ethanol was used to induce hepatic CYP2E1 activity by...
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