title: Effect of glutathione S-transferases on the survival of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.
abstract: The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of genetic polymorphisms in glutathione S-transferases (GST) on the survival of acute myeloid leukaemia patients receiving adriamycin induction therapy. A total of 89 patients were included in the study. Patients who carried at least one GSTM1 allele had trend towards a better survival (mortality rate ratio (RR) 0.588; 95% CI 0.334-1.036) than GSTM1*0/0 patients. However, at low accumulated adriamycin dose, GSTM1*0/0 cases had a better survival than people expressing the gene (RR=6.1; 95% CI=1.2-11.0). The GSTT1 and GSTP1 genotype did not influence the survival in any of the groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, Bldg. 260, DK-8000 Arhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Autrup
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hokland
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Herman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Autrup
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D051549:Glutathione S-Transferase pi; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D003561:Cytarabine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D051549:Glutathione S-Transferase pi; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D007527:Isoenzymes; C413545:glutathione S-transferase T1; C496556:GSTP1 protein, human