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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of antioxidant enzymes SOD2 and GSTP1 genes and SLE risk and severity in an Egyptian pediatric population.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Feb 2021
Abd El Azeem Rania A, Zedan Mohamed M, Saad Entsar A, Mutawi Thuraya M, Attia Zeinab R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with increased oxidative stress that participates in immune dysregulation, and injury resulting in loss of immune tolerance and increased auto-antibody production. This study was designed to investigate the effects of genetic polymorphisms of the antioxidant enzymes genes that code for SOD2 (rs2758332) and GSTP1 (rs1695) on...
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