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Glutathione peroxidase 1 genotype is associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Apr 2003
Winter Julian P, Gong YunYun, Grant Peter J, Wild Christopher P
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OBJECTIVE: Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases including atherosclerosis. Human glutathione peroxidase 1 (hgpx1) participates in limiting cellular damage caused by oxidation. A characteristic polyalanine sequence polymorphism in exon 1 of hgpx1 produces three alleles with five, six or seven alanine (ALA) repeats in this sequence. The objective of this study was to determine...
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