CiglessBot 28 Oct 2007 03:01 pm
Tobacco & the Rheumatoid Factor
The journal Arthritis and Rheumatism puts in evidence that tobacco might cause a genetic reaction which conducts to serious forms of arthritis rheumatoid.
Tobacco increases the production of the so-called rheumatoid factor (RF) and decreases the levels of the GSTM1 gene. The GSTM1 is a gene which is important in the detoxification process of the carcinogen agents presented in tobacco.
