Mathematical modeling predicts the effect of folate deficiency and excess on cancer-related biomarkers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1912-1917

  Neuhouser, Marian L ^a   Nijhout, H Frederik ^b   Gregory III, Jesse F ^c   Reed, Michael C ^b   James, S Jill ^d   Liu, Amy ^a   Shane, Barry ^e   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^a,f  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; PURINE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052516758     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1352     Document Type: Article

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