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Increased DNA alterations in atherosclerotic lesions of individuals lacking the GSTM1 genotype.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Mar 2001
Izzotti A, Cartiglia C, Lewtas J, De Flora S
Abstract excerpt
Reduced glutathione (GSH) plays a critical role as an intracellular defense system providing detoxification of a broad spectrum of reactive species and their excretion as water-soluble conjugates. Conjugation of GSH with electrophiles is catalyzed by GSH S-transferases (GST), which constitute a broad family of phase II isoenzymes. Two of the GST encoding genes, GSTM1 (mu) and GSTT1 (theta), have a null genotype...
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