Decreased serum PON1 arylesterase activity in familial hypercholesterolemia patients with a mutated LDLR gene
Abstract Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a serum enzyme associated with high density lipoprotein (HDL) regulation through its paraoxonase and arylesterase activity. PON1 inhibits the oxidation of HDL and low density lipoprotein (LDL), and is involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases including at...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2018-07-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572018000400570&lng=en&tlng=en |