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Protective role of glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) Val105Val genotype in patients with bronchial asthma.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Feb 2004
Aynacioglu A Sükrü, Nacak Muradiye, Filiz Ayten, Ekinci Erhan, Roots Ivar
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BACKGROUND: Glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1), the abundant isoform of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in lung epithelium, plays an important role in cellular protection against oxidative stress and toxic foreign chemicals. It has been suggested that polymorphisms in the GSTP1 gene are assoc...
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