Significance of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene variants in acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Indian population: An experimental, computational and meta-analysis

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1450-1459

  Bellampalli, Ravishankara ^a   Phani, Nagaraja M ^a   Bhat, Kamalakshi G ^b   Prasad, Krishna ^b   Bhaskaranand, Nalini ^c   Guruprasad, Kanive P ^a   Rai, Padmalatha S ^a   Satyamoorthy, Kapaettu ^a  

^a MANIPAL SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; in silico analysis; Indian population; Meta analysis; MTHFR gene polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); MICRORNA; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; BIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK;

EID: 84932183754     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.953154     Document Type: Article

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