Gene-environment and gene-gene interactions of specific MTHFR, MTR and CBS gene variants in relation to homocysteine in black South Africans

Gene

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-118

  Nienaber Rousseau, Cornelie ^a   Ellis, Suria M ^a   Moss, Sarah J ^a   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^b   Towers, G Wayne ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cystathionine beta synthase; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Methionine synthase; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; THcy; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENE GENE INTERACTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CBS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE; CV; CVD; CYSTATHIONE-Β-SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; GAMMA (Γ)-GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE; GGT; HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM; HCY; HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HS-CRP; HWE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MTHFR; MTR; PROSPECTIVE URBAN AND RURAL EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY; PURE; QFFQ; QUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RFLP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SNPS; THCY; THUSA; TRANSITION AND HEALTH DURING URBANIZATION OF SOUTH AFRICANS STUDY; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84884204356     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.065     Document Type: Article

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