Association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism (MTHFR 677 C>T ), a determinant of homocysteine plasma level (t-Hcys), with ischaemc cerebrovascular disease (iCVD) seems to be neutral in North Europe and North America...
Keywords: Cerebrovascular disease, folate, homocysteine, methionine synthase reductase, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, transcobalamin
08/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerWhile buccal cells provide an easily accessible source of genomic DNA, the amount extracted may be insufficient for many studies...
Keywords: buccal cell, DNA, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, multiple displacement amplification, single nucleotide polymorphisms, vitamin D receptor, whole genome amplification
04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterThere are now four genetic mouse models that induce hyperhomocyst(e)inemia by decreasing the activity of an enzyme involved in homocysteine metabolism: cystathionine ?-synthase, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, methionine synthase and methionine synthase reductase...
Keywords: adenosylhomocysteine, adenosylmethionine, cystathionine ?-synthase, folate, genetic mouse models, homocysteine, methionine synthase, methionine synthase reductase, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
12/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter