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Environmental exposure to arsenic, AS3MT polymorphism and prevalence of diabetes in Mexico.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology - 1 Mar 2013
Drobná Zuzana, Del Razo Luz M, García-Vargas Gonzalo G, Sánchez-Peña Luz C, Barrera-Hernández Angel, Stýblo Miroslav, Loomis Dana
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to arsenic in drinking water is associated with increased prevalence of diabetes. We previously reported an association of diabetes and urinary concentration of dimethylarsinite (DMAs(III)), a toxic product of arsenic methylation by arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT). Here we examine associations between AS3MT polymorphism, arsenic metabolism and diabetes. Fasting blood glucose, oral...
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