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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Increased oxidative stress according to number of risk factors in metabolic syndrome patients
Authors:
Danielle Venturini, Caroline Hellen Rampazzo Alves, Shirley Aparecida Fabris de Souza, Décio Sabbatini Barbosa
Published in:
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) comprises pathological conditions that include insulin resistance, arterial hypertension, visceral adiposity and dyslipidemia, which favors the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) have been reported as the most appropriate parameter for determination of oxidative stress (OS) in MetS patients and are formed during oxidative stress by the action of chloraminated oxidants, mainly hypochlorous acid and chloramines, produced by myeloperoxidase in activated neutrophils. …