| Literature DB >> 21783978 |
Satyender Singh1, Vivek Kumar, Sachin Thakur, Basu Dev Banerjee, Shyam Sunder Grover, Devender Singh Rawat, Syed Tazeen Pasha, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Shiv Lal, Arvind Rai.
Abstract
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), protect cells from reactive chemical intermediates and oxidative stress. Among different classes of GSTs, GSTM1 (Mu) and GSTT1 (theta) are found to be genetically deleted. Present study was intended to genotype homozygous null distribution of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in healthy individuals of Delhi, located in Northern India. Out of 309 healthy individuals included in this study, we have found genetic deletion in 21% and 27.4%, GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes, respectively. A small proportion (0.7%) population showed deletion of both the genes. The prevalence of the GSTM1(*)0/0 and GSTT1(*)0/0 genotypes varied within India compared to communities in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Caucasian.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 21783978 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.01.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Toxicol Pharmacol ISSN: 1382-6689 Impact factor: 4.860