Association between folate metabolism-related gene polymorphisms and methylation of p16INK4A and hMLH1 genes in spontaneously aborted embryos with normal chromosomal integrity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1605-1610

  Park, Hye Mi ^a   Shin, Seung Ju ^a   Choi, Dong Hee ^a   Oh, Doyeun ^a   Lee, Suman ^a   Kim, Nam Keun ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

methylation; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); polymorphism; spontaneously aborted embryo (SAE); thymidylate synthase enhancer region (TSER)

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN MUTL HOMOLOG 1 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149109443     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.046     Document Type: Article

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