Article
Alteration of the risk of pre-oral cancer and cancer in North Indian population by NAT1 and NAT2 polymorphisms genotypes and haplotypes.
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Oct 2021
Nigam Kumud, Gupta Shalini, Gupta Om Prakash, Srivastav Ratnesh Kumar, Singh Saurabh Pratap, Sanyal Somali
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The risk of oral cancer is strongly related to consumption of tobacco, smoking and drinking alcohol. N-acetyl transferases 1,2 are phase II metabolic enzymes, metabolize aryl and heterocyclic amines which are present in tobacco. NAT2 slows acetylator phenotype and the genotype is related...
Topics
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Case-Control Studies
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Mouth Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Risk Factors
