Polymorphic genes and gender difference: analysis of a European sample
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https://doi.org/10.36125/ijoehy.v12i4.410Keywords:
gender, susceptibility, gene polymorhpisms, xenobiotics, occupational exposureAbstract
Human beings respond in different ways to similar health risks and exposures. Their physiological and genomic variation plausibly contributes to each individual response. Such variability depends on the genotype, inherited from ancestors, as well as on the surrounding environment that shapes the phenotype. Gene polymorphisms are responsible for the phenotypic differences, including not only physical traits but also susceptibility to several diseases as well as in the response to drugs and xenobiotics enocounterd in the daily life. The interest in these genes, referring to those with single nucleotide substitution (SNPs) increased further in the last decades, raising much interest in the field of public health, workplace and demographic studies. In this work we have analyzed a specific number of polymorphic genes involved in detoxification, oxidative stress and repair of DNA damage, to identify potential differences in susceptibility between males and females.
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