Telomere length in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is associated with folate status in men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1273-1278

  Paul, Ligi ^a   Cattaneo, Marco ^b   D'Angelo, Armando ^c   Sampietro, Francesca ^c   Fermo, Isabella ^c   Razzari, Cristina ^b   Fontana, Gessica ^b   Eugene, Nindra ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; TELOMERASE; BETA GLOBIN; DNA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; STEM CELL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; BLOOD; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETA-GLOBINS; CELL AGING; DNA; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TELOMERE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 67649961706     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.104984     Document Type: Article

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