Endocrine Abstracts

We hypothesised that SNPs within oxidative stress genes influence vascular compliance in patients with coronary artery disease.A SNP within the gene encoding the eNOS (NOS3) which encodes a Glu298→Asp amino acid substitution has been associated with cardiovascular disorders in which NO bioactivity is impaired. The gene coding for p22phox, a critical component of the NADH/NAD(P)H oxidase enzyme system, a major source of vascular SO, is CYB...