Article
Glutathione S-transferase M1 and its variants A and B as host factors of bladder cancer susceptibility: a case-control study.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1994
Brockmöller J, Kerb R, Drakoulis N, Staffeldt B, Roots I
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) is a foreign compound-metabolizing enzyme with a heritable complete lack of activity in about 50% of Caucasians. GSTM1 deficiency may predispose individuals to urinary bladder cancer. Thus, a hospital-based case-control study was performed with 296 patients with bladder cancer and 400 controls, investigating this GSTM1 deficiency in relation to environmental risk factors and...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Coenzymes
- Female
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
