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Polymorphisms of drug-metabolizing enzymes in healthy nonagenarians and centenarians: difference at GSTT1 locus.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 9 Feb 2001
Taioli E, Mari D, Franceschi C, Bonafè M, Monti D, Bertolini S, Marinelli D, Garte S
Abstract excerpt
Drug metabolizing enzymes are involved in the detoxification of several drugs, environmental substances, and carcinogenic compounds, and their polymorphisms have been associated with risk for a variety of cancer. In this paper, we compared the frequency of polymorphisms in cytochrome P450-1A1 gene (CYP1A1), a phase 1 gene (oxidation, activation), and of two polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase enzymes...
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