Interactions between folate and aging for carcinogenesis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1151-1157

  Choi, Sang Woon ^a   Friso, Simonetta ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Carcinogenesis; DNA methylation; Folate; One carbon metabolism; Uracil misincorporation into DNA

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN P53; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; URACIL;

AGING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARBON METABOLISM; CARCINOGENESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARBON; DNA METHYLATION; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744467306     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.200     Document Type: Review

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