The allele and genotype frequencies of the polymorphic loci CYP1A1 (rs1048943), GSTP1 (rs1695 and rs1138272), GSTM1, and GSTT1 genes were studied in 517 men: in 389 accumulated mercury pollution liquidators (207 firefighters of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters and 182 employees of the Federal Environmental Operator) and 128 former workers (82 patients in the delayed period of chronic mercury intoxication and 46 individuals contacted with mercury and had no chronic mercury intoxication). We found differences in the frequencies of AA and AG genotypes in groups of former workers (χ2=6.96, p=0.008) for the polymorphic locus rs1048943, while the AG-CYP1A1 genotype was characterized by a 5.5-fold decrease in the odds ratio for the development of chronic mercury intoxication (OR=0.18, p=0.0041). An unfavorable combination of genotypes of the studied polymorphic loci increases the risk of undesirable health effects.
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Chernyak, Y.I. Polymorphic Loci of Xenobiotic Biotransformation Genes in Accumulated Mercury Pollution Liquidators and in Workers with Chronic Mercury Vapors Exposure. Bull Exp Biol Med 176, 796–800 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-024-06111-1
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