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Paraoxonase 1 and cytochrome P450 polymorphisms in susceptibility to acute organophosphorus poisoning in Egyptians.
Neurotoxicology - 1 Dec 2015
Zayed Abeer Ahmed, Ahmed Asmaa Ismail, Khattab Amr Mohamed Tawfik, Mekdad Alaa AbdeHamid, AbdelAal Aly Gamaleldin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Organophosphates are the basis of many insecticides, herbicides, and nerve agents. They were listed as highly acutely toxic agents. Findings in knockout mice suggest that paraoxonase 1 may modulate the toxicity resulting from exposure to organophosphorus compounds. In human, there is no enough data about genetic modulation of acute organophosphorus intoxication. CYP2D6 is involved in the metabolism of...
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