[Hereditary polymorphism of glutathione-S-transferase in the human liver in normal conditions and in alcoholic hepatitis].

A total of 100 autopsy liver extracts from Russian individuals were examined for glutathione-S-transferase I (GST1) isozymes by means of starch gel electrophoresis. The gene frequencies of GST1* 1, GST1* 2 and GST1* 0 were 0.051, 0.251 and 0.697, respectively. Analysis of data obtained and those in literature for other populations revealed the difference between European and Mongoloid groups. The GST1 0 phenotype was found in samples of liver from individuals with alcoholic hepatitis at frequency 77.3%. The gene frequencies for GST1* 1, GST1* 2 and GST1* 0 were 0.020, 0.100 and 0.879, respectively.