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Is it time to screen for the haptoglobin genotype to assess the cardiovascular risk profile and vitamin E therapy responsiveness in patients with diabetes?
Current diabetes reports - 1 Jun 2012
Vardi Moshe, Levy Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus (DM) carries an increased risk for cardiovascular complications. Haptoglobin (Hp) is an abundant plasma protein with an antioxidant function by virtue of its ability to block the oxidative activity of extracorpuscular hemoglobin. There exist two common functional alleles at the Hp genetic locus, denoted 1 and 2, with three Hp genotypes (Hp 1-1, 2-1, and 2-2). The Hp protein expressed in Hp 2-2...
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