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Glyoxalase I phenotype as a potential risk factor for prostate carcinoma.
Urology - 1 Jan 2001
Samadi A A, Fullerton S A, Tortorelis D G, Johnson G B, Davidson S D, Choudhury M S, Mallouh C, Tazaki H, Konno S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To elicit a possible link between glyoxalase I (Gly-I), a detoxifying enzyme, and the incidence of prostate cancer (PCa), we investigated Gly-I phenotypic expression in the prostatic tissue and red blood cells (RBCs) from patients with PCa. METHODS: Eighty-seven clinical specimens, including 42 PCa tissue samples, 20 RBC samples, and 25 matched pair (prostate and RBC) samples from patients at...
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