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Genetic variation in N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) and 2 (NAT2) and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2006
Morton Lindsay M, Schenk Maryjean, Hein David W, Davis Scott, Zahm Shelia Hoar, Cozen Wendy, Cerhan James R, Hartge Patricia, Welch Robert, Chanock Stephen J, Rothman Nathaniel, Wang Sophia S
Abstract excerpt
Animal studies suggest that lymphomagenesis can be induced by exposure to carcinogenic aromatic and heterocyclic amines found in diet, cigarette smoke and the environment, but human epidemiologic investigations of these exogenous exposures have yielded conflicting results. As part of our evaluation of the role of aromatic and heterocyclic amines, which are metabolized by N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzymes, in the...
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