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Glutathione S-transferase (GST) polymorphisms as risk factors for cancer in a highly homogeneous population from southern Italy.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Sgambato Alessandro, Campisi Biagina, Zupa Angela, Bochicchio Annamaria, Romano Gianpiero, Tartarone Alfredo, Galasso Rocco, Traficante Antonio, Cittadini Achille
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) is a phase II enzyme and catalyses reactions between glutathione and a variety of electrophilic compounds, including some environmental carcinogens. In man, at least 20 isoenzymatic forms of GST have been identified and many of them show genetically-based individual variability of enzyme activity. The GSTM1 and GSTT1 isoenzymes display several polymorphisms, including a homozygotic...
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