| Literature DB >> 23433810 |
Darryl Nousome1, Philip J Lupo, M Fatih Okcu, Michael E Scheurer.
Abstract
Discovering genetic predictors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) necessitates the evaluation of novel factors including maternal genetic effects, which are a proxy for the intrauterine environment, and robust epidemiologic study designs. Therefore, we evaluated five maternal and offspring xenobiotic metabolism haplotypes and the risk of childhood ALL among 120 case-parent triads. Two of the five haplotypes were significantly associated with risk: GSTM3/GSTM4 (P=0.01) and GSTP1 (P=0.02). The EPHX1 haplotype was marginally associated with risk (P=0.05), whereas haplotypes in CYP1B1 and GSTA4 were not. Our results suggest genetic variation in xenobiotic metabolism is important in childhood ALL etiology.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23433810 PMCID: PMC3622777 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2013.01.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN: 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156