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Effect of 593C>T GPx1 SNP alone and in synergy with 47C>T SOD2 SNP on the outcome of critically ill patients.
Cytokine - 1 Feb 2015
Majolo Fernanda, Oliveira Paludo Francis Jackson de, Ponzoni Aline, Graebin Pietra, Dias Fernando Suparregui, Alho Clarice Sampaio
Abstract excerpt
During critical illness and sepsis there is severe antioxidant depletion, and this scenario raises the critical ill patient's mortality risk. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is one of the first endogenous antioxidant defense enzymes, and it works cooperatively with superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) to detoxify free radicals from the cellular environment. Genetic studies are important to understand the...
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