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butyrylcholinesterase

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butyrylcholinesterase
the cholinesterase of plasma (a pseudocholinesterase), which is different from the cholinesterase of the myoneural junctions (acetylcholinesterase).


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Cholinesterase actually corresponds to two enzymes: acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase (also called plasma cholinesterase) (Boiko et al.
Acute pesticide poisoning among cut-flower farmers by Leilanie, Jinky / Journal of Environmental Health
1989) published a suggestive but isolated study in which they reported de novo 100-fold amplification of the silent serum butyrylcholinesterase (BtChoEase) gene in a farmer exposed chronically to organophosphate insecticides, which inhibit BtChoEase.
Environmental exposures and gene regulation in disease etiology by Edwards, Thea M.; Myers, John Peterson / Environmental Health Perspectives
The butyrylcholinesterase activity in muscle and liver tissues was not significantly inhibited.
Ecology and evolutionary biology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
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