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Human glutathione S-transferase mu (GST mu) deficiency as a marker for the susceptibility to bladder and larynx cancer among smokers.
Cancer letters - 15 Jan 1993
Lafuente A, Pujol F, Carretero P, Villa J P, Cuchi A
Abstract excerpt
The isoenzyme mu of glutathione S-transferase (GST mu) is dominantly inherited and the prevalence of this isoenzyme in the population is about 60%. An increased risk of lung cancer has been previously shown among smokers lacking GST mu in (Seidegard J., Pero R.W., Miller D.G., Beattie E.J. (1986) Carcinogenesis, 7, 751-753). The frequency of the phenotypes of this isoenzyme in bladder cancer patients (n = 75), in...
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