Methylation status in healthy subjects with normal and high serum folate concentration

Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1103-1109

  Hirsch, Sandra ^a   Ronco, Ana María ^a   Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos ^a   de la Maza, María Pía ^a   Leiva, Laura ^a   Barrera, Gladys ^a   Llanos, Miguel ^a   Alliende, M Angelica ^a   Silva, Francisca ^a   Bunout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Extracellular superoxide dismutase gene; Folate; Methylation; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; DNA; FOLIC ACID; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949123373     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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