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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
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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 to reduced ability to detoxify these xenobiotic that are carcinogenic to tissues. The aim of our study to determine...
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