Article
Glucuronidation genotypes and nicotine metabolic phenotypes: importance of functional UGT2B10 and UGT2B17 polymorphisms.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2010
Chen Gang, Giambrone Nino E, Dluzen Douglas F, Muscat Joshua E, Berg Arthur, Gallagher Carla J, Lazarus Philip
Abstract excerpt
Glucuronidation is an important pathway in the metabolism of nicotine, with previous studies suggesting that ∼22% of urinary nicotine metabolites are in the form of glucuronidated compounds. Recent in vitro studies have suggested that the UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) 2B10 and 2B17 play major roles in nicotine glucuronidation with polymorphisms in both enzymes shown to significantly alter the levels of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
