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Cruciferous vegetable feeding alters UGT1A1 activity: diet- and genotype-dependent changes in serum bilirubin in a controlled feeding trial.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Apr 2009
Navarro Sandi L, Peterson Sabrina, Chen Chu, Makar Karen W, Schwarz Yvonne, King Irena B, Li Shuying S, Li Lin, Kestin Mark, Lampe Johanna W
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Chemoprevention by isothiocyanates from cruciferous vegetables occurs partly through up-regulation of phase II conjugating enzymes, such as UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT). UGT1A1 glucuronidates bilirubin, estrogens, and several dietary carcinogens. The UGT1A1*28 polymorphism reduces transcrip...
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