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Glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphism as a susceptibility factor in smoking-related coronary artery disease.
Basic research in cardiology - 1 May 2004
Tamer Lülüfer, Ercan Bahadir, Camsari Ahmet, Yildirim Hatice, Ciçek Dilek, Sucu Nehir, Ateş Nurcan Aras, Atik Uğur
Abstract excerpt
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, and cigarette smoking is a major contributing factor to the disease. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzyme is implicated in the detoxification of carcinogens present in tobacco smoke and consequent polymorphisms in this gene may confer susceptibility to cardiovascular disease if DNA damage is important in CAD. Therefore,...
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