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Relationship of age-related myocardial infarction risk and Gln/Arg 192 variants of the human paraoxonase1 gene: the REGICOR study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 2001
Sentí M, Tomás M, Vila J, Marrugat J, Elosua R, Sala J, Masiá R
Abstract excerpt
Paraoxonase1 (PON1) seems to exert a major antioxidant effect by removing lipid-peroxidation products. A common polymorphism of the PON1 gene, the PON1-192 genetic polymorphism, modulates PON1 activity and has been related in some studies to coronary heart disease. Oxidized LDL is believed to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and there are studies providing support for the oxidative...
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