Wilkens LR

No ORCID on file · 26 papers in corpus

observational 2008

Genetic polymorphisms in the Paraoxonase 1 gene and risk of ovarian epithelial carcinoma

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0145

Oxidative stress during successive ovulations increases the opportunity for DNA damage to ovarian epithelial cells and the potential for malignant transformation. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an endogenous free radical scavenger that reduces oxi…