Myeloperoxidase genetic polymorphism and lung cancer risk.

Cigarette smoking and lung destruction. Accumulation of neutrophils in the lungs of cigarette smokers.

1983 • 462 citations

An Alu Element in the Myeloperoxidase Promoter Contains a Composite SP1-Thyroid Hormone-Retinoic Acid Response Element

1996 • 415 citations

An overview of the relationship between oxidative stress and chemical carcinogenesis

1991 • 378 citations

Polymorphisms for aromatic amine metabolism in humans: relevance for human carcinogenesis.

1992 • 229 citations

Polymorphism of Glutathione S-Transferase M1 and Lung Cancer Risk Among African-Americans and Caucasians in Los Angeles County, California

1995 • 152 citations

Genetic analysis of the S-mephenytoin polymorphism in a chinese population*

1995 • 135 citations

Oxidant-dependent metabolic activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by phorbol ester-stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes: possible link between inflammation and cancer.

1985 • 119 citations

Myeloperoxidase in human lung lavage

1990 • 116 citations

Myeloperoxidase-enhanced formation of (±)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a] pyrene adducts in lung tissue in vitro: a role of pulmonary inflammation in the bioactivation of a procarcinogen

1992 • 102 citations

Genetic polymorphism of CYP2D6 and lung cancer risk in African- Americans and Caucasians in Los Angeles County

1997 • 71 citations

Sequence comparison of putative regulatory DNA of the 5' flanking region of the myeloperoxidase gene in normal and leukemic bone marrow cells.

1993 • 63 citations

Characterization of the oxidant generation by inflammatory cells lavaged from rat lungs following acute exposure to ozone

1989 • 47 citations

Peroxidative metabolism of carcinogenic N-arylhydroxamic acids: implications for tumorigenesis.

1994 • 17 citations

Induction of sister-chromatid exchanges by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons following metabolic activation with phorbol ester-stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

1990 • 12 citations

Active and passive ozone samplers based on a reaction with a binary reagent.

1994 • 3 citations