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Inflammatory cytokines in vitro production are associated with Ala16Val superoxide dismutase gene polymorphism of peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Cytokine - 1 Oct 2012
Montano Marco Aurélio Echart, da Cruz Ivana Beatrice Mânica, Duarte Marta Maria Medeiros Frescura, Krewer Cristina da Costa, da Rocha Maria Izabel de Ugalde Marques, Mânica-Cattani Maria Fernanda, Soares Felix Alexandre Antunes, Rosa Guilherme, Maris Angélica Francesca, Battiston Francielle Garghetti, Trott Alexis, Lera Juan Pablo Barrio
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is considered a chronic low-grade inflammatory state associated with a chronic oxidative stress caused by superoxide production (O(2)(-)). The superoxide dismutase manganese dependent (SOD2) catalyzes O(2)(-) in H(2)O(2) into mitochondria and is encoded by a single gene that presents a common polymorphism that results in the replacement of alanine (A) with a valine (V) in the 16 codon. This polymorphism...
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