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[Relation between cytochrome P450 2D6 and lung cancer susceptibility caused by smoking].
Wei sheng yan jiu = Journal of hygiene research - 1 Jan 2007
Yan Zhen, Wu Yongjun, Wu Yiming
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 2D6(CYP2D6) is one of the prominent phase I metabolizing enzymes in hepatic tissue, and is responsible for metabolically activating the tobacco-specific nitrosamine such as NNK and nicotinamide to highly reactive metabolites, so it may play a role in lung cancer. The study of its biological characters, structure function and the relationship beween CYP2D6 genetic polymorphisms and lung cancer...
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