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Novel markers of susceptibility to carcinogens in diet: associations with colorectal cancer.
Toxicology - 27 Dec 2002
Sweeney Carol, Coles Brian F, Nowell Susan, Lang Nicholas P, Kadlubar Fred F
Abstract excerpt
Red meats cooked at high temperatures generate mutagenic heterocyclic amines, which undergo metabolic activation by hepatic cytochrome P450 1A2 and N-acetyltransferase-2. A primary detoxification pathway involves glutathione S-transferase A1 (GSTA1), which catalyzes the reduction of the carcinogenic N-acetoxy derivative back to the parent amine. Recently, we described a polymorphism in the GSTA1 proximal...
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