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Influence of p53 codon 72 exon 4, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1*B polymorphisms in lung cancer risk in a Brazilian population.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2008
Honma Helen N, De Capitani Eduardo M, Perroud Maurício W, Barbeiro Aristóteles S, Toro Ivan F C, Costa Daniel B, Lima Carmen S P, Zambon Lair
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PURPOSE: Glutathione S-transferases (GST) modulates the effects of various cytotoxic and genotoxic agents, particularly those derived from benzo[a]pyrene, which is one of the main tobacco carcinogens. Both the mu 1 (GSTM1) and theta 1 (GSTT1) genes have a null variant allele in which the entire g...
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