MTHFR C677T genotype influences the isotopic enrichment of one-carbon metabolites in folate-compromised men consuming d9-choline

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Yan, Jian ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Gregory III, Jesse F ^c   Malysheva, Olga ^a   Brenna, J Thomas ^a   Stabler, Sally P ^d   Allen, Robert H ^d   Caudill, Marie A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BETAINE; CARBON; CHOLINE; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; DEUTERIUM; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SARCOSINE; SERINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETAINE; CHOLINE; DEUTERIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SARCOSINE; STAINING AND LABELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251524576     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.005975     Document Type: Article

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