Homocysteine metabolism gene polymorphisms (MTHFR C677T, MTHFR A1298C, MTR A2756G and MTRR A66G) jointly elevate the risk of folate deficiency

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 6670-6687

  Li, Wen Xing ^a,b   Dai, Shao Xing ^b   Zheng, Jun Juan ^b   Liu, Jia Qian ^b   Huang, Jing Fei ^b,c,d  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d The Collaborative Innovation Center of Yunnan Natural Products and Biological Pharmacy   (China)

Author keywords

Folate deficiency; MTHFR A1298C; MTHFR C677T; MTR A2756G; MTRR A66G

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; MTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84940855272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7085303     Document Type: Article

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