N-Acetyltransferase-2 and Medical History in Bladder Cancer Cases with a Suspected Occupational Disease (BK 1301) in Germany

REFERENCES

• Blaszkewicz , M. 2004 . “ N-Acetyltransferase 2 (phenotyping caffeine test) ” . In Analyses of hazardous substances in biological materials , Special issue: Marker of susceptibility Edited by: Angerer , J. and Müller , M. Vol. 9 , 165 – 182 . Weinheim : Wiley-VCH .
   Google Scholar
• Blaszkewicz , M. , Dannappel , D. , Thier , R. and Lewalter , J. 2004 . “ N-Acetyltransferase 2 (genotyping) ” . In Analyses of hazardous substances in biological materials , Special issue Marker of susceptibility Edited by: Angerer , J. and Müller , M. Vol. 9 , 135 – 163 . Weinheim : Wiley-VCH .
   Google Scholar
• Bolt , H. M. and Golka , K. 1993 . Zur früheren Exposition von Malern gegenüber Azofarbmitteln . Arbmed. Sozialmed. Umweltmed. , 10 : 417 – 421 .
   Google Scholar
• Carcinogenic Potency Project. 2007. The carcinogenic potency database. www.potency.berkeley.edu/chemicalsummary.html
   Google Scholar
• Cartwright , R. A. , Rogers , H. J. , Barham-Hall , D. , Glashan , R. W. , Ahmad , R. A. , Higgins , E. and Kahn , M. A. 1982 . Role of N-acetyltransferase in bladder carcinogenesis: A pharmacogenetic epidemiological approach to bladder cancer . Lancet , 2 : 842 – 846 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cascorbi , I. , Brockmöller , J. , Mrozikiewicz , P. M. , Bauer , S. , Loddenkemper , R. and Roots , I. 1996 . Homozygous rapid arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) genotype as a susceptibility factor for lung cancer . Cancer Res. , 56 : 3961 – 3966 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Colditz , G. , DeJong , W. , Hunter , D. , Trichopoulos , D. and Willet , W. , eds. 1996 . “ Harvard report on cancer prevention, Vol 1: Causes of human cancer ” . In Cancer Causes Control Vol. 7(Suppl.) , 3 – 59 .
   Google Scholar
• DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft , ed. 2006 . Maximum concentrations and biological tolerance values at the workplace , Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag . List of MAK und BAT Values 2006 (Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area Report No. 42)
   Google Scholar
• Doll , R. and Peto , R. 1981 . The causes of cancer: Quantitative estimates of avoidable risks of cancer in the United States today . J. Natl. Cancer Inst. , 66 : 1191 – 1308 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gaber , K. , Harreus , U. A. , Matthias , C. , Kleinsasser , N. H. and Richter , E. 2007 . Hemoglobin adducts of the human bladder carcinogen o-toluidine after treatment with the local anesthetic prilocaine . Toxicology , 229 : 157 – 164 .
   Google Scholar
• Garcia-Closas , M. , Malats , N. , Silverman , D. , Dosemeci , M. , Kogevinas , M. , Hein , D. W. , Tardon , A. , Serra , C. , Carrato , A. , Garcia-Closas , R. , Lloreta , J. , Castano-Vinyals , G. , Yeager , M. , Welch , R. , Chanock , S. , Chatterjee , N. , Wacholder , S. , Samanic , C. , Tora , M. , Fernandez , F. , Real , F. X. and Rothman , N. 2005 . NAT2 slow acetylation, GSTM1 null genotype, and risk of bladder cancer: Results from the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study and meta-analyses . Lancet , 366 : 649 – 659 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• GEKID Gesellschaft der epidemiologischen Krebsregister in Deutschland e. V. (Association of Population-Based Cancer Registries in Germany) in cooperation with the Robert Koch Institut. 2006. Cancer in Germany Incidence and Trends. Fifth revised, updated edition Saarbrüken, pp. 68–71. http://www.ekr.med.uni-erlangen.de/GEKID/Doc/kid2006_english.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Gold , L. S. , Manley , N. B. , Slone , T. H. and Ward , J. M. 2001 . Compendium of chemical carcinogens by target organ: Results of chronic bioassays in rats, mice, hamsters, dogs, and monkeys . Toxicol. Pathol. , 29 : 639 – 652 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Golka , K. , Kopps , S. and Myslak , Z. W. 2004 . Carcinogenicity of azo colorants: Influence of solubility and bioavailability . Toxicol. Lett. , 151 : 203 – 210 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Golka , K. , Prior , V. , Blaszkewicz , M. and Bolt , H. M. 2002 . The enhanced bladder cancer susceptibility of NAT2 slow acetylators towards aromatic amines: A review considering ethnic differences . Toxicol. Lett. , 128 : 229 – 241 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Golka , K. , Prior , V. , Blaszkewicz , M. , Cascorbi , I. , Schöps , W. , Kierfeld , G. , Roots , I. and Bolt , H. M. 1996 . Occupational history and genetic N-acetyltransferase polymorphism in urothelial cancer patients of Leverkusen, Germany . Scand. J. Work Environ. Health , 22 : 332 – 328 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grant , D. M. , Tang , B. K. and Kalow , W. 1983 . Polymorphic N-acetylation of caffeine metabolite . Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. , 33 : 355 – 359 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HVBG Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften, Hrsg. 2005. Beruflich verursachte Krebserkrankungen, eine Darstellung der im Zeitraum 1978 bis 2003 anerkannten Berufskrankheiten, HVBG, 8., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage, Sankt Augustin.
   Google Scholar
• Hein, D. W., Grant, D. M., Sim, E., Minchin R. F., and Boukouvala, S. 2007. Human NAT2 alleles. www.louisville.edu/medschool/pharmacology/NAT2.html (Accessed: 6 December 2007 ).
   Google Scholar
• Lang , N. P. and Kadlubar , F. F. 1991 . Aromatic and heterocyclic amine metabolism and phenotyping in humans . Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. , 372 : 33 – 47 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lewalter , J. and Miksche , L. W. 1992 . Empfehlungen zur arbeitsmedizinischen Prävention expositions- und dispositionsbedingter Arbeitsstoff-Beanspruchungen . Verh. Dtsch. Ges. Arbeitsmed. , 31 : 135 – 139 .
   Google Scholar
• Morinaga , K. , Oshima , A. and Hara , I. 1982 . Multiple primary cancers following exposure to benzidine and beta-naphthylamine . Am. J. Ind. Med. , 3 : 243 – 246 .
   Google Scholar
• Popp , W. , Ohndorf , U. , Stommel , P. , Vahrenholz , C. and Norpoth , K. 1993 . Primäre Mehrfachtumoren nach Einwirkung aromatischer Amine . Arbeitsmed. Sozialmed. Umweltmed. , 28 : 183 – 190 .
   Google Scholar
• Sabbioni , G. and Richter , E. 1999 . “ Aromatic amines, nitroarenes, and heterocyclic aromatic amines ” . In Toxicology , Edited by: Marquardt , H. , Schäfer , S. G. , McClellan , R. and Welsch , F. 729 – 741 . San Diego : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Schöps , W. , Prior , V. , Golka , K. , Blaszkewicz , M. , Cascorbi , I. , Roots , I. , Bolt , H. M. and Kierfeld , G. 1997 . “ Untersuchung zur klinischen Relevanz der Acetyliererphänotypisierung bei 196 Urotheltumorpatienten ” . In Urologe , 64 – 67 . A 36 .
   Google Scholar