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Influence of polymorphic N-acetyltransferases on non-malignant spontaneous disorders and on response to drugs.
Current drug metabolism - 1 Jul 2008
Ladero J M
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphic N-acetyl transferases (NAT) 1 and 2 are involved in detoxification of xenobiotic arylamines and hydralazines. These common environmental chemicals may be related to the pathogenesis of many spontaneous disorders, mainly malignancies, but also disimmune or degenerative diseases, for which a polygenic predisposition has been suggested. Hence, polymorphic NAT genes (NAT2 has been the most studied one)...
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