ADH1B

A gene on chromosome 4q21-23 that encodes a member of the alcohol dehydrogenase family, which metabolise various substrates, including ethanol, retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids and lipid peroxidation products. The encoded protein plays a major role in ethanol catabolism.

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Around 80 percent of Asian people (less common in Thailand and India) have a variant of the gene coding for the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase called ADH1B, whereas almost all Japanese, Chinese, and Korean people have a variant of the gene called ADH1C, both resulting in an alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme that converts alcohol to toxic acetaldehyde at a much higher efficiency than other gene variants from Caucasians.

New Year's Eve Hangover: Everything You Need To Know The Morning After Drinking Alcohol

Genetic variation in alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1A, ADH1B, ADH1C, ADH7) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), alcohol consumption and gastric cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort.

Alcohol's effects on the brain: Neuroimaging results in humans and animal models

As a result, there is a total of 46 tag SNPs from the 127 reported SNPs of the three key alcoholmetabolism genes (aDh1B, ALDH2, and CYP2E1) [34-36].

Building Up a Robust Risk Mathematical Platform to Predict Colorectal Cancer

Agundez, "Variability in ethanol biodisposition in whites is modulated by polymorphisms in the ADH1B and ADH1C genes," Hepatology, vol.

The Role of CYP2E1 in the Drug Metabolism or Bioactivation in the Brain

Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous genes that contribute to drug abuse including CHRNA3-5 for nicotine dependence and ADH1B and ADH1C genes for alcohol dependence.

Developing treatments for stimulant abuse: a brief overview

Telomere shortening in the esophagus of Japanese alcoholics: relationships with chromoendoscopic findings, ALDH2 and ADH1B genotypes and smoking history.

Smoking: the leading cause of avoidable death

The variation in alcohol elimination and the oxidation of acetaldehyde, genetically determined alcohol dehydrogenase 1-3 (before named ADH1A, ADH1B and ADH1C) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of the clinical syndrome.

Characterization of polymorphisms of genes ADH2, ADH3, ALDH2 and CYP2E1 and relationship to the alcoholism in a Colombian population/Caracterizacion de polimorfismos de los genes ADH2, ADH3, ALDH2 y CYP2E1 y su relacion con el alcoholismo en una poblacion colombiana

The rates of metabolic pathways responsible for converting alcohol to acetaldehyde and acetaldehyde to acetate are mostly influenced by functional polymorphisms on ADH1B (previously called ADH2), ADH1C (previously called ADH3),andALDH2 [5-7].

Genetic polymorphisms of ADH1B, ADH1C and ALDH2 in Turkish alcoholics: lack of association with alcoholism and alcoholic cirrhosis

They looked especially at those with a key variant of a gene called ADH1B.

Light drinking less healthy than thought: study

ey found that people who carried a certain genetic variant associated with non-drinking and lower alcohol consumption had a "more favourable cardiovascular pro'le" than those without the ADH1B variant.

Drink less and heart health will improve, researchers discover

The human ADH genes, ADH1B and ADH1C were found to have alleles that produce enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde.