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UGT2B10 genotype influences nicotine glucuronidation, oxidation, and consumption.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 2010
Berg Jeannette Zinggeler, von Weymarn Linda B, Thompson Elizabeth A, Wickham Katherine M, Weisensel Natalie A, Hatsukami Dorothy K, Murphy Sharon E
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BACKGROUND: Tobacco exposure is routinely assessed by quantifying nicotine metabolites in plasma or urine. On average, 80% of nicotine undergoes C-oxidation to cotinine. However, interindividual variation in nicotine glucuronidation is substantial, and glucuronidation accounts for from 0% to 40% of total nicotine metabolism. We report here the effect of a polymorphism in a UDP-glucuronsyltransferase, UGT2B10, on...
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