Red blood cell folate vitamer distribution in healthy subjects is determined by the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism and by the total folate status

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 693-699

  Smulders, Yvo M ^a   Smith, Desiree E C ^b   Kok, Robert M ^b   Teerlink, Tom ^b   Gellekink, Henkjan ^c   Vaes, Wouter H J ^d   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^e   Jakobs, Cornelis ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Folate; Mass spectrometry; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34248182053     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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