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Increased cytochrome P450 and aryl hydrocarbon receptor in bronchial epithelium of heavy smokers with non-small cell lung carcinoma carries a poor prognosis.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 May 2007
Oyama Tsunehiro, Sugio Kenji, Uramoto Hidetaka, Iwata Teruo, Onitsuka Takamitsu, Isse Toyohi, Nozoe Tadahiro, Kagawa Norio, Yasumoto Kosei, Kawamoto Toshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Smoking induces mutations via the formation of DNA-adducts in the bronchial and alveolar epithelium and contributes to the development of lung cancer. Benz(a)pyrene and nitrosamine, typical carcinogens in cigarette smoke, undergo metabolic activation by the phase I enzymes, such as cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1, CYP2A6 and CYP2E1. The transcriptional regulation of these phase I enzymes is regulated by arylhydrocarbon...
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