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Genetic background of uric acid metabolism in a patient with severe chronic tophaceous gout.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Sept 2016
Petru Lenka, Pavelcova Katerina, Sebesta Ivan, Stiburkova Blanka
Abstract excerpt
Hyperuricemia depends on the balance of endogenous production and renal excretion of uric acid. Transporters for urate are located in the proximal tubule where uric acid is secreted and extensively reabsorbed: secretion is principally ensured by the highly variable ABCG2 gene. Enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) plays a central role in purine metabolism and its deficiency is an X-linked...
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