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Effect of the allelic variants of aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH22 and alcohol dehydrogenase ADH1B2 on blood acetaldehyde concentrations
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Journal Article
Effect of the allelic variants of aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH22 and alcohol dehydrogenase ADH1B2 on blood acetaldehyde concentrations
2009
Overview
Alcoholism is a complex behavioural disorder. Molecular genetics studies have identified numerous candidate genes associated with alcoholism. It is crucial to verify the disease susceptibility genes by correlating the pinpointed allelic variations to the causal phenotypes. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) are the principal enzymes responsible for ethanol metabolism in humans. Both ADH and ALDH exhibit functional polymorphisms among racial populations; these polymorphisms have been shown to be the important genetic determinants in ethanol metabolism and alcoholism. Here, we briefly review recent advances in genomic studies of human ADH/ALDH families and alcoholism, with an emphasis on the pharmacogenetic consequences of venous blood acetaldehyde in the different ALDH2 genotypes following the intake of various doses of ethanol. This paper illustrates a paradigmatic example of phenotypic verifications in a protective disease gene for substance abuse.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BMC
