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SUBMITTER: de Oliveira AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947838 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Oliveira Andréia Ávila Soares AÁ de Souza Marilesia Ferreira MF Lengert André van Helvoort Av de Oliveira Marcelo Tempesta MT Camargo Rossana Batista de Oliveira Godoy RB Braga Gilberto Úbida Leite GÚ Cólus Ilce Mara de Syllos IM Barbosa Fernando F Barcelos Gustavo Rafael Mazzaron GR
BioMed research international 20140218
This study aims to evaluate the effects of polymorphisms in glutathione (GSH-) related genes (GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, GCLM, and GCLC) in the distribution of Hg in the blood compartments in humans exposed to methylmercury (MeHg). Subjects (n = 88), exposed to MeHg from fish consumption, were enrolled in the study. Hg species in the plasma compartment were determined by LC-ICP-MS, whereas genotyping was performed by PCR assays. Mean total Hg levels in plasma (THgP) and whole blood (THgB) were 10 ± 4. ...[more]