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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Polymorphic variations of several genes associated with drugs and xenobiotic metabolism have been linked to the factors that predispose to the carcinogenesis process. As considerable interindividual and interethnic variation in metabolizing enzyme activity has been associated with polymorphic alleles, we evaluated the frequency of the polymorphisms of CYP2D6, EPHX1 and NQO1 genes in 361 Brazilian individuals separated by ethnicity (European and African ancestry), using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length (PCR-RFLP) method. The allele frequencies of the variants *3 and *4 for the gene CYP2D6 were 0.04 and 0.14 for white subjects and 0.03 and 0.10 for black individuals, respectively. For the both variants of the gene EPHX1, we found higher allele frequencies among white individuals compared with mulatto subjects (0.62 vs 0.54 and 0.18 vs 0.14, respectively); however, these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.39 and 0.56, respectively). For the NQO1 gene we observed a higher frequency of the homozygous genotype among black individuals (7.9%) compared with white subjects (6.3%) (p = 0.003). The genotype frequencies were within the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. We concluded that the allele frequencies of CYP2D6, EPHX1 and NQO1 gene polymorphisms in this Brazilian population showed ethnic variability when compared with those observed in other populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1366-5804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Epoxide Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Genetics, Population, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone), pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Xenobiotics, pubmed-meshheading:19330589-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Polymorphisms in genes encoding drugs and xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes in a Brazilian population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. vssilveira@usp.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't