Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene C677T mutation is related to the defects in the internal elastic lamina of the artery wall

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 869-873

  Hamelahti P ^a   Jarvinen O ^a   Sisto, T ^a   Wirta, V ^a   Ilveskoski, E ^a,b   Koivula, T ^a   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genetic polymorphism; Internal elastic lamina; MTHFR genotype; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; AGED; ALLELISM; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; C677T GENE; CELIAC ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RENAL ARTERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 18744415133     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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