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Increased risk of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity in individuals with glutathione S-transferase M1 'null' mutation.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Sept 2001
Roy B, Chowdhury A, Kundu S, Santra A, Dey B, Chakraborty M, Majumder P P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pathogenesis and genetic factors influencing predisposition to antituberculosis drug (ATD)-induced hepatotoxicity are not clear. Polymorphism at the genetic locus of a drug and xenobiotic compound metabolizing enzyme, N-acetyltransferase type 2 (NAT2), is reported to be associated with the excess generation of toxic reactive metabolites. Polymorphisms at the glutathione S-transferase (GST) loci (GSTM1...
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