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Heme oxygenase-1 promoter polymorphisms and neonatal jaundice.
Neonatology - 1 Jan 2014
Kaplan Michael, Renbaum Paul, Hammerman Cathy, Vreman Hendrik J, Wong Ronald J, Stevenson David K
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BACKGROUND: Heme oxygenase (HO) is the initial, rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of heme to bilirubin. Dinucleotide (GT)n repeat length in the promoter region of the encoding gene modulates transcription: shorter alleles, in contrast with longer allele counterparts, are associated with greater gene expression and should result in increased heme catabolism. OBJECTIVE: We compared the rates of heme catabolism...
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