The human glutathione S-transferases: a case-control study of the incidence of the GST1 0 phenotype in patients with adenocarcinoma.

The suggestion that individuals with the GST1 0 phenotype have a greater susceptibility to carcinogens than those with other GST1 phenotypes has been examined by using a starch gel zymogram approach to compare the frequency of this phenotype in control subjects and a group of patients with adenocarcinoma of stomach and colon. A significantly greater proportion of the patients with adenocarcinoma demonstrated the null phenotype, odds ratio analysis indicating that individuals with this polymorphic variant have an approximately 3-fold greater risk of developing these cancers.