Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.

The variation in individual responses to exogenous agents is exceptionally wide. It is because of this large diversity of responsiveness that risk factors to environmentally induced diseases have been difficult to pinpoint, particularly at low exposure levels. Opportunities now exist for studies of...

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Main Author: Hirvonen, A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1999
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566364/
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spelling pubmed-15663642006-09-19 Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer. Hirvonen, A Research Article The variation in individual responses to exogenous agents is exceptionally wide. It is because of this large diversity of responsiveness that risk factors to environmentally induced diseases have been difficult to pinpoint, particularly at low exposure levels. Opportunities now exist for studies of host factors in cancer or other diseases in which an environmental component can be presumed. Many of the studies have shown an elevated disease proneness for individuals carrying the potential at-risk alleles of metabolic genes, but a number of controversial results have also been reported. This article is an overview of the data published to date on metabolic genotypes related to individual susceptibility to cancer. 1999-02 /pmc/articles/PMC1566364/ /pubmed/10229705 Text en
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author Hirvonen, A
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Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
author_facet Hirvonen, A
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title Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
title_short Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
title_full Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
title_fullStr Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
title_full_unstemmed Polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
title_sort polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and susceptibility to cancer.
description The variation in individual responses to exogenous agents is exceptionally wide. It is because of this large diversity of responsiveness that risk factors to environmentally induced diseases have been difficult to pinpoint, particularly at low exposure levels. Opportunities now exist for studies of host factors in cancer or other diseases in which an environmental component can be presumed. Many of the studies have shown an elevated disease proneness for individuals carrying the potential at-risk alleles of metabolic genes, but a number of controversial results have also been reported. This article is an overview of the data published to date on metabolic genotypes related to individual susceptibility to cancer.
publishDate 1999
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566364/
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