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Haptoglobin genotype- and diabetes-dependent differences in iron-mediated oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo.
Circulation research - 4 Mar 2005
Asleh Rabea, Guetta Julia, Kalet-Litman Shiri, Miller-Lotan Rachel, Levy Andrew P
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We have recently demonstrated in multiple independent population-based longitudinal and cross sectional analyses that the haptoglobin 2-2 genotype is associated with an increased risk for diabetic cardiovascular disease. The chief function of haptoglobin (Hp) is to bind to hemoglobin and thereby prevent hemoglobin-induced oxidative tissue damage. This antioxidant function of haptoglobin is mediated in part by the...
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