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Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms in Arab glaucoma patients.
Molecular vision - 4 Mar 2008
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Morales Jose, Mohamed Gamal H, Osman Mazen N, Bosley Thomas M
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PURPOSE: Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are a family of enzymes that inactivate xenobiotics and endogenous end products formed as secondary metabolites during oxidative stress. In humans, GSTT1 and GSTM1 deletion genotypes (T0M1, T1M0, and T0M0) are associated with a variety of pathologic processes including certain ophthalmologic diseases. METHODS: We compared the prevalence of GSTT1 and GSTM1 deletion...
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