Combined marginal folate and riboflavin status affect homocysteine methylation in cultured immortalized lymphocytes from persons homozygous for the MTHFR C677T mutation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2716-2720

  Stern, Lori Lathrop ^a   Shane, Barry ^b   Bagley, Pamela J ^a   Nadeau, Marie ^a   Shih, Vivian ^c   Selhub, Jacob ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Immortalized cells; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REDUCTION;

EID: 0042920823     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.9.2716     Document Type: Article

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