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The paraoxonase gene family and atherosclerosis.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Jan 2005
Ng Carey J, Shih Diana M, Hama Susan Y, Villa Natividad, Navab Mohamad, Reddy Srinivasa T
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Epidemiologic, genetic, and biochemical studies support an antiatherogenic role for paraoxonase (PON) 1. While the precise mechanism by which PON1 protects against the development of atherosclerosis is unclear, in vitro studies and the results from PON1 knockout and transgenic mice suggest that this protective effect may be attributed to PON1's ability to attenuate the oxidative modification of lipoprotein...
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