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Relationship of human paraoxonase-1 serum activity and genotype with atherosclerosis in individuals from the Deep South.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Dec 2011
Coombes R Hunter, Crow J Allen, Dail MaryBeth, Chambers Howard W, Wills Robert W, Chambers Janice E
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OBJECTIVE: Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is synthesized in the liver and is bound to high-density lipoprotein particles in blood. PON1 protects against the development of atherosclerosis by metabolizing proatherogenic-oxidized lipids. The Southeastern USA (excluding Florida) has the country's highest age-adjusted mortality rate of cardiovascular disease. This study determines the association of PON1 status with...
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