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N-acetyltransferase 2 phenotype but not NAT1*10 genotype affects aminobiphenyl-hemoglobin adduct levels.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 2000
Probst-Hensch N M, Bell D A, Watson M A, Skipper P L, Tannenbaum S R, Chan K K, Ross R K, Yu M C
Abstract excerpt
Aminobiphenyls (ABPs) in tobacco have been implicated in bladder cancer etiology in smokers. N-Acetylation of ABPs in the liver, predominantly by the N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) isozyme, represents a detoxification pathway, whereas O-acetylation of N-hydroxy-ABPs in the bladder, predominantly by the N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) isozyme, represents a bioactivation pathway. We and others have demonstrated that...
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