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Codon 311 (Cys --> Ser) polymorphism of paraoxonase-2 gene is associated with apolipoprotein E4 allele in both Alzheimer's and vascular dementias.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2002
Janka Z, Juhász A, Rimanóczy A A, Boda K, Márki-Zay J, Kálmán J
Abstract excerpt
The gene of an esterase enzyme, called paraoxonase (PON, EC.3.1.8.1.) is a member of a multigene family that comprises three related genes PON1, PON2, and PON3 with structural homology clustering on the chromosome 7.(1,2) The PON1 activity and the polymorphism of the PON1 and PON2 genes have been found to be associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases such as hypercholesterolaemia, non-insulin-dependent...
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