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Polymorphisms in P450 CYP1B1 affect the conversion of estradiol to the potentially carcinogenic metabolite 4-hydroxyestradiol.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Jun 2000
Li D N, Seidel A, Pritchard M P, Wolf C R, Friedberg T
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Most drug metabolizing cytochrome P450s (P450) are predominantly expressed in the liver. In contrast, human CYP1B1 is an extrahepatic P450 which is overexpressed in many tumours and has been strongly implicated in the activation of carcinogens. Rare allelic variants of the CYP1B1 gene which encod...
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