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Manganese and extracellular superoxide dismutase polymorphisms and risk for asbestosis.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2009
Franko Alenka, Dodic-Fikfak Metoda, Arnerić Niko, Dolzan Vita
Abstract excerpt
Manganese and extracellular superoxide dismutases (SOD2 and SOD3) are part of the enzymatic defence against reactive oxygen species, which are involved in the pathogenesis of asbestosis. This study investigates whether SOD2Ala - 9Val and SOD3 Arg213Gly genetic polymorphisms represent risk factors...
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