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Haptoglobin genotype-dependent differences in macrophage lysosomal oxidative injury.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 6 Jun 2014
Asleh Rabea, Ward John, Levy Nina S, Safuri Shady, Aronson Doron, Levy Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
The major function of the Haptoglobin (Hp) protein is to control trafficking of extracorpuscular hemoglobin (Hb) thru the macrophage CD163 receptor with degradation of the Hb in the lysosome. There is a common copy number polymorphism in the Hp gene (Hp 2 allele) that has been associated with a severalfold increased incidence of atherothrombosis in multiple longitudinal studies. Increased plaque oxidation and...
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