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Human paraoxonase gene cluster polymorphisms as predictors of coronary heart disease risk in the prospective Northwick Park Heart Study II.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 20 Nov 2003
Robertson Kirsty S, Hawe Emma, Miller George J, Talmud Philippa J, Humphries Steve E
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The anti-atherogenic effect of HDL has been suggested to be partly due to the action of HDL-associated paraoxonase (PON). Three distinct enzymes have been identified, encoded by PON1, PON2 and PON3, clustered on chromosome 7q21-q22. Two cSNPs in PON1 (L55M and Q192R) and one in PON2 (S311C) have...
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