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A variant of paraoxonase (PON1) gene is associated with diabetic retinopathy in IDDM.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1998
Kao Y L, Donaghue K, Chan A, Knight J, Silink M
Abstract excerpt
Serum paraoxonase is a glycoprotein which binds to high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and may prevent oxidation of LDL by hydrolyzing lipid peroxides. Two polymorphisms identified in the paraoxonase gene (Met-Leu 54 and Gln-Arg 192) have been associated with cardiovascular disease. Oxidative low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is also toxic to retinal capillary endothelial cells and pericytes, so that mildly modified LDL...
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