cellular
• increased oxidative stress in serum and peritoneal and arterial macrophages
• 48% increase in lipid peroxides content in peritoneal macrophages, decrease in glutathione content, and 40% increase in capacity of peritoneal macrophagaes to oxidize LDL
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cardiovascular system
• on a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, mutants are more susceptible to atherosclerosis than wild-type
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homeostasis/metabolism
• females, but not males, have a moderate increase in LDL levels
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• females, but not males, have a moderate increase in VLDL levels
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• ~85% decrease in plasma arylesterase activity using phenylacetate as substrate
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• mutants are extremely sensitive to the toxic effects of chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate insecticide, and chlorpyrifos oxon
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