Prevention of Atherosclerosis from the Aspect of the Geneticist
Prevence aterosklerózyz hlediska genetika
Ateroskleróza je časté onemocnění, které je vyvoláno mutacemi celé řady genů a vlivy zevníhoprostředí a životního stylu. Bylo již zjištěno několik genů, jejichž mutace vyvolávají nebopřispívají ke vzniku aterosklerózy: defekt LDLR pro LDL, defekt apolipoproteinu B-APOB, „nonLDLR/non APOB“, gen pro angiotenzin ACE/ID. Mutace LDLR genu ve formě delece jenejčastější příčinou vzniku aterosklerózy. Genová terapie zatím není možná, a proto je velmivhodné hledat zevní faktory, které přispívají ke vzniku tohoto onemocnění. Zatím jsou známyúpravy stravy, snížení živočišných tuků, nekouření, tělesný pohyb, mírná pravidelná konzu-mace vína, povolání bez velkých stresů a další jsou předmětem studií.
Klíčová slova:
ateroskleróza - prevence - genetika - životní styl.
Authors:
M. Kučerová
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddělení lékařské genetiky FTN, Praha, primářka prof. MUDr. M. Kučerová, DrSc. Subkatedra lékařské genetiky IPVZ, Praha, vedoucí prof. MUDr. M. Kučerová, DrSc.
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Prakt. Lék. 1999; (2): 76-77
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Overview
Atherosclerosis is very frequent disease, which is caused by mutation of many genes and is alsoinfluenced by environmental factors and by lifestyle. Some concrete genes were alreadydiscovered the mutations of which cause or promote atherosclerosis: defect of LDLR for LDL;defect of lipoprotein B-APOB; „non-LDLR/non APOB“; gene for angiotensin ACE/ID. The mostfrequent mutation which plays a role at the beginning of atherosclerosis is deletion of the LDLRgene. Gene therapy is not yet possible, therefore it is most important to look for environmentalfactors, which support the development of atherosclerosis. Up to now the following are knownlow fat diet, non-smoking, occupational without major stress and others are under study.
Key words:
atherosclerosis - prevention - genes - lifestyle.
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