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Relationship between rs854560 PON1 Gene Polymorphism and Tobacco Smoking with Coronary Artery Disease.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2017
Iwanicka Joanna, Iwanicki Tomasz, Niemiec Paweł, Nowak Tomasz, Krauze Jolanta, Grzeszczak Władysław, Górczyńska-Kosiorz Sylwia, Ochalska-Tyka Anna, Żak Iwona
Abstract excerpt
Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is the antioxidant marker of high-density lipoproteins protecting against atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) phenotype. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the PON1 gene rs854560 polymorphism (163T>A) is associated with CAD in Polish population. rs854560 was genotyped in 494 subjects: 248 patients with premature CAD and 246 blood donors as a control. We...
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