Determining the association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphisms and genomic DNA methylation level: A meta-analysis

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 667-674

  Wang, Li ^a   Shangguan, Shaofang ^a   Chang, Shaoyan ^a   Yu, Xin ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Lu, Xiaolin ^a   Wu, Lihua ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

genomic DNA methylation; meta analysis; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); MTHFR A1298C; MTHFR C677T

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); GENOMIC DNA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MTHFR GENE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969988447     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23511     Document Type: Article

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