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Vascular effects of the human extracellular superoxide dismutase R213G variant.
Circulation - 16 Aug 2005
Chu Yi, Alwahdani Abdullah, Iida Shinichiro, Lund Donald D, Faraci Frank M, Heistad Donald D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Extracellular superoxide dismutase (ECSOD) is a major extracellular antioxidant enzyme. We have demonstrated that vascular effects of ECSOD require an intact heparin-binding domain. A common genetic variant with a substitution in the heparin-binding domain (ECSOD(R213G)) was reported recently to be associated with ischemic heart disease. The goal of this study was to examine vascular effects of...
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