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Serum paraoxonase activity changes in uremic and kidney-transplanted patients.
Nephron - 1 Jan 1999
Paragh G, Asztalos L, Seres I, Balogh Z, Löcsey L, Kárpáti I, Mátyus J, Katona E, Harangi M, Kakuk G
Abstract excerpt
Serum paraoxonase (PON) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated hydrolase, which inhibits low-density lipoprotein oxidation. Uremic and kidney-transplanted patients have an increased risk of atherosclerosis, to which an increased lipoprotein oxidation may contribute. The aim of our study was to determine whether the PON activity or phenotype is altered in uremic and kidney-transplanted patients, and to...
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