Article
[Contribution of the ALDH2 and CYP2E1 genes to flushing response and drinking patterns in Japanese healthy volunteers].
Arukoru kenkyu to yakubutsu izon = Japanese journal of alcohol studies & drug dependence - 1 Oct 1993
Iwahashi K, Nakamura K, Suwaki H, Matsuo Y, Orino K
Abstract excerpt
Relationship between genotypes of the loci for ALDH2 and CYP2E1 and the flushing response as well as drinking pattern were investigated among 31 Japanese healthy persons. In 14 persons who showed flushing symptom and whose ALDH2 genotype was heterozygote (ALDH2*1/ALDH2*2), 6 persons whose CYP2E1...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Drinking
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Asian People
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Female
- Flushing
- Genotype
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
