Formate can differentiate between hyperhomocysteinemia due to impaired remethylation and impaired transsulfuration

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lamarre, Simon G ^a   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Reinke, Stacey N ^c   Sykes, Brian D ^c   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a   Brosnan, John T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FORMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLATE METABOLISM; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORMIC ACIDS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLOMICS; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 83455176886     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00345.2011     Document Type: Article

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