Genetic polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase G1793A, hyperhomocysteinemia, and folate deficiency correlate with ulcerative colitis in central China

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1157-1161

  Jiang, Yi ^a,b   Zhao, Jie ^a   Jiang, Ting ^a   Ge, Liuqing ^a   Zhou, Feng ^a   Chen, Zhitao ^a   Lei, Yuan ^a   Huang, Sha ^a   Xia, Bing ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folate; Hyperhomocysteinemia; MTHFR G1793A; Polymorphism; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; DNA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ALLELE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHINA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DNA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 77953006982     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06286.x     Document Type: Article

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