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Human N-acetyltransferase 1 *10 and *11 alleles increase protein expression through distinct mechanisms and associate with sulfamethoxazole-induced hypersensitivity.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Oct 2011
Wang Danxin, Para Michael F, Koletar Susan L, Sadee Wolfgang
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OBJECTIVES: N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) metabolizes drugs and environmental carcinogens. NAT1 alleles *10 and *11 have been proposed to alter protein level or enzyme activity compared with wild-type NAT1 *4 and to confer cancer risk, through uncertain pathways. This study characterizes regulatory polymorphisms and underlying mechanisms of NAT1 expression. METHODS: We measured allelic NAT1 mRNA expression and...
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