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Isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms, and lung-cancer risk: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China.
Lancet (London, England) - 26 Aug 2000
London S J, Yuan J M, Chung F L, Gao Y T, Coetzee G A, Ross R K, Yu M C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dietary isothiocyanates inhibit lung carcinogenesis in laboratory animals but human data are limited. Glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 (GSTM1 and GSTT1) conjugate isothiocyanates leading to more rapid elimination. Common deletion polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 abolish enzyme act...
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