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Ethnic differences in the prevalence of the homozygous deleted genotype of glutathione S-transferase theta
H H Nelson et al. Carcinogenesis. 1995 May.
Abstract
In humans the glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes encode four classes of proteins (GST) important in the detoxification of reactive electrophiles. Recently, a gene deletion polymorphism was discovered within the GST class theta locus that leads to a functional deficiency in GST theta activity within circulating red blood cells. In this study we have examined the ethnic distribution of this polymorphism using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based genotyping method. Five different ethnic groups were studied: North American Caucasians, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Chinese and Koreans. The prevalence of the null genotype was highest among Chinese (64.4%), followed by Koreans (60.2%), African-Americans (21.8%) and Caucasians (20.4%), whereas the prevalence was lowest among Mexican-Americans (9.7%). Interestingly, the prevalence of the deleted genotype in Caucasians differed significantly when 257 individuals drawn from a nation wide organization were compared with 185 people from the New England area (23.7 versus 15.7%, P < 0.05, chi 2 test). These results indicate that there are major differences in the prevalence of this trait attributable to ethnicity and that ethnic origin even among Caucasians should be considered in studies of gene-environment interaction involving this polymorphism.
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