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Antioxidant enzymes, presbycusis, and ethnic variability.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Aug 2010
Bared Anthony, Ouyang Xiaomei, Angeli Simon, Du Li Lin, Hoang Kimberly, Yan Denise, Liu Xue Zhong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A proposed mechanism for presbycusis is a significant increase in oxidative stress in the cochlea. The enzymes glutathione S-transferase (GST) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) are two classes of antioxidant enzymes active in the cochlea. In this work, we sought to investigate the association of different polymorphisms of GSTM1, GSTT1, and NAT2 and presbycusis and analyze whether ethnicity has an effect in...
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