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Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) activity in hepatoma cells is reduced by an adenoviral vector coding for an ALDH2 antisense mRNA.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Aug 2005
Karahanian Eduardo, Ocaranza Paula, Israel Yedy
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BACKGROUND: Individuals carrying the Glu487Lys coding mutation in the gene for mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) have a diminished capacity to metabolize acetaldehyde. This deficiency leads to increases in blood acetaldehyde levels when they consume ethanol, which results in an aversion to alcohol and in marked protection against alcoholism. In the present studies, we aimed to mimic the...
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