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Serum paraoxonase-1 gene polymorphism and enzyme activity in patients with urolithiasis.
Renal failure - 1 Jan 2016
Atar Arda, Gedikbasi Asuman, Sonmezay Erkan, Kiraz Zeynep Kusku, Abbasoglu Semra, Tasci Ali Ihsan, Tugcu Volkan
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OBJECTIVES: Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein-associated enzyme implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by protecting lipoproteins against peroxidation. PON1 has two genetic polymorphisms both due to amino acid substitution, one involving glutamine and arginine at position 192 and the other leucine and methionine at position 55. Recent reports suggest that nephrolithiasis and...
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