Association between MTHFR polymorphism (C677T) with nonfamilial colorectal cancer

Oncology Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Haghighi, Mahdi Montazer ^a   Radpour, Ramin ^b   Mahmoudi, Touraj ^a   Mohebbi, Seyed Reza ^a   Vahedi, Mohsen ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Folate; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); Nonfamilial colorectal cancer; Polymorphism; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MTHFR GENE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE; AGED; BLOOD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 75649101266     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096504009789954636     Document Type: Article

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