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Association of CYP1A1, CYP1B1 and CYP17 gene polymorphisms and organochlorine pesticides with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Chemosphere - 1 Aug 2014
Kumar Vivek, Banerjee Basu Dev, Datta Sudip Kumar, Yadav Chandra Shekhar, Singh Satyender, Ahmed Rafat Sultana, Gupta Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
It is well established that steroidal hormones (testosterone and estrogen) increase benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) risk. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes especially CYP1A1, CYP1B1 and CYP17 metabolize these hormones. Apart from that, several endocrine disrupting organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are reported to mimic the activity of these steroidal hormones. Therefore, functional polymorphisms in these genes and...
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