Glutathione S-transferase M1 null genotype as a risk modifier for solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 360-363

  Söderkvist, Peter ^a   Ahmadi, Ahmad ^a   Åkerbäck, Anita ^a   Axelson, Olav ^a   Flodin, Ulf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic toxic encephalopathy; Molecular epidemiology; Polymorphism; Solvent exposure

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029828122     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.154     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Axelson O, Hogstedt C. The health effects of solvents. In: Zenz C, Dickerson OB Horvath EP, editors. Occupational medicine, 3rd edition. St Louis (MO): Mosby 1994:764-78.
2. Sies H, Ketterer B, editors. Glutathione conjugate and significance. London: Academic Press, 1988. CRC critical reviews in biochemistry and biology.
3. Mannervik B, Awasthi YC, Board PG, Hayes JD, Di Ilio C, Ketterer B, et al. Nomenclature for human glutathione transferases. Biochem J 1992;282:305-8.
4. Brockmöller J, Kerb R, Drakoulis N, Staffeldt B, Roots I. Glutathione S-transferase M1 and its variants A and B as host factors of bladder cancer susceptibility: a case-control study. Cancer Res 1995;54:4103-11.
5. Flodin U, Fredriksson M, Persson B, Axelson O. Chronic lymphatic leukemia and engine exhausts, fresh wood and DDT: a case-referent study. Br J Ind Med 1988;45:33-8.
6. Zhong S, Wyllie AH, Barnes D, Wolf CR, Spurr NK. Relationship between the GSTM1 genetic polymorphism and susceptibility to bladder, breast and colon cancer. Carcinogenesis 1993;14:1821-24.
7. Tsuchida S, Sato K. Glutathione transferases and cancer. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 1992;27:337-84.
8. Hayes PC, Bouchier IAD, Beckett GJ. Glutathione S-transferase in humans in health and disease. Gut 1991;32:813-8.
9. Beckett GJ, Hayes JD. Glutathione S-transferases: biomedical applications. Adv Clin Chem 1993;30:281-380.
10. Mannervik B, Danielsson VH. Glutathione transferases - structure and catalytic activity. CRC Crit Rev Biochem 1988; 23:283-337.
11. Wilce MCJ, Parker MW. Structure and function of glutathione S-transferases. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994;1205:1-18.
12. Harada S, Abei M, Tanaka N, Agarwai DP, Goedde HW. Liver glutathione S-transferase polymorphism in Japanese and its pharmacogenetic importance. Hum Genet 1978;75:322-5.
13. Strange RC, Fryer AA, Matharoo B, Zhao L, Broome J, Campbell DA. et al. The human glutathione S-transferases: comparison of isoenzyme expression in normal and astrocytoma brain. Biochim Biophys Acta 1992:1139;222-8.
14. Söderkvist P, Axelson O. On the use of molecular biology data in occupational and environmental epidemiology. J Occup Environ Med 1995;37:84-90.