Article
Associations of CYP1A1, GSTM1, and CYP2E1 polymorphisms with lung cancer suggest cell type specificities to tobacco carcinogens.
Cancer research - 1 Nov 1998
Le Marchand L, Sivaraman L, Pierce L, Seifried A, Lum A, Wilkens L R, Lau A F
Abstract excerpt
The dramatic shift in the pathological presentation of lung cancer [the proportional decrease in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and increase in adenocarcinoma (AC)] observed in the United States after the 1950s may have taken place as the result of the reduction in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Carcinogens
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Lung Neoplasms
