Methionine, homocysteine, one carbon metabolism and fetal growth

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-119

  Kalhan, Satish C ^a,b   Marczewski, Susan E ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Folate; Growth; Homocysteine; Methionine; One carbon

Indexed keywords

2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ALBUMIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINE; COBALAMIN; CREATINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCAGON; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; UREA;

ACETYLATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPORT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TERATOGENESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UREA CYCLE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARBON; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; PREGNANCY; RATS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 84861232915     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-012-9215-7     Document Type: Review

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