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Polymorphisms in genes involved in innate immunity and susceptibility to benzene-induced hematotoxicity.
Experimental & molecular medicine - 30 Jun 2011
Shen Min, Zhang Luoping, Lee Kyoung Mu, Vermeulen Roel, Hosgood H Dean, Li Guilan, Yin Songnian, Rothman Nathaniel, Chanock Stephen, Smith Martyn T, Lan Qing
Abstract excerpt
Benzene, a recognized hematotoxicant and carcinogen, can damage the human immune system. We studied the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in innate immunity and benzene hematotoxicity in a cross-sectional study of workers exposed to benzene (250 workers and 140 controls). A total of 1,236 tag SNPs in 149 gene regions of six pathways were included in the analysis. Six...
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