alcoholism
To date, the only genes that have been consistently replicated across racial and ethnic groups to influence alcoholism vulnerability are polymorphisms in the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, i.e. cytosolic alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2).
To date, the only genes that have been consistently replicated across racial and ethnic groups to influence <span class="disease" id="17590986-1-108-118">alcoholism</span> vulnerability are polymorphisms in the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, i.e. cytosolic <span class="gene" id="17590986-1-203-227">alcohol dehydrogenase 1B</span> (<span class="gene" id="17590986-1-229-234">ADH1B</span>) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2).