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| Teixeira,D.; Vargens,D.; Príncipe,A.; Oliveira,E.; Amorim,A.; Prata,M.J.; Suarez-Kurtz,G.. |
| A 3-bp insertion/deletion polymorphism in intron 6 of GSTM3 (rs1799735, GSTM3*A/*B) affects the activity of the phase 2 xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme GSTM3 and has been associated with increased cancer risk. The GSTM3*B allele is rare or absent in Southeast Asians, occurs in 5-20% of Europeans but was detected in 80% of Bantu from South Africa. The wide genetic diversity among Africans led us to investigate whether the high frequency of GSTM3*B prevailed in other sub-Saharan African populations. In 168 healthy individuals from Angola, Mozambique and the São Tomé e Príncipe islands, the GSTM3*B allele was three times more frequent (0.74-0.78) than the GSTM3*A allele (0.22-0.26), with no significant differences in allele frequency across the three groups.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: African populations; GSTM3 polymorphisms; Multidimensional scaling analysis; Pharmacogenetics; Population diversity. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000700010 |
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