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Differential effects of smoking on myocardial infarction risk according to the Gln/Arg 192 variants of the human paraoxonase gene.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 May 2000
Sentí M, Aubó C, Tomás M
Abstract excerpt
Paraoxonase (PON1) seems to exert a major antioxidant effect by removing lipid peroxidation products. A common polymorphism of the PON1 gene modulates paraoxonase activity and has been related in some studies to coronary heart disease. PON1 genetic polymorphism includes PON1 Q, an isoform with a low activity toward paraoxon hydrolysis that has a glutamine at position 192, and PON1 R, the high-activity isoform...
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