Methoxistasis: Integrating the roles of homocysteine and folic acid in cardiovascular pathobiology

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3235-3256

  Joseph, Jacob ^a,b   Loscalzo, Joseph ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cobalamin; Folic acid; Heart failure; Homocysteine; Methionine; Methylation; Nutrition; Pyridoxine; Redox

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MAGNESIUM; METHIONINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; THIOREDOXIN; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARBON METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLATE METABOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHOXISTASIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84882730688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5083235     Document Type: Review

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