The impact of smoking on clinical features of Behcet's disease patients with glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms

ÖZER H. T. E., Gunesacar R., DİNKÇİ S., Ozbalkan Z., YILDIZ F., ERKEN E.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.30, no.3, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Various cancer studies have suggested that polymorphism of GSTM1 may influence the ability to detoxify chemicals in. cigarette smoke. In the present study the effect of smoking on clinical features of Behcet's disease were investigated in patients having GST-M1 and/or -T1 null polymorphisms.