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The GST T1 and CYP2E1 genotypes are possible factors causing vinyl chloride induced abnormal liver function.
Archives of toxicology - 1 Jan 1997
Huang C Y, Huang K L, Cheng T J, Wang J D, Hsieh L L
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Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) is hepatotoxic as well as carcinogenic in humans. There are reports that exposure to VCM seems to induce abnormal liver function, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and angiosarcoma of the liver. In vivo, VCM is metabolized by cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) to form the electrophilic metabolites, chloroethylene oxide (CEO) and chloroacetaldehyde (CAA), which may either cause...
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