Serum paraoxonase enzyme activity and oxidative stress in obese subjects

ASLAN M., Horoz M., Sabuncu T., Celik H., Selek S.

POLSKIE ARCHIWUM MEDYCYNY WEWNETRZNEJ-POLISH ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, vol.121, no.6, pp.181-185, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 121 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: POLSKIE ARCHIWUM MEDYCYNY WEWNETRZNEJ-POLISH ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.181-185
  • Keywords: arylesterase, atherosclerosis, lipid hydroperoxide, obesity, paraoxonase, LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN, APOLIPOPROTEIN-A-I, ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS, PON1 ACTIVITY, PLASMA, ARYLESTERASE, CORONARY, DISEASE, PHOSPHOLIPIDS, ANTIOXIDANTS
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction Obesity is an important risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) may play a significant role in the prevention of obesity-related accelerated atherosclerosis by hydrolyzing lipid peroxides in oxidized low-density lipoproteins.