Methylenetetrahydrofolate (MTHFR), the one-carbon cycle, and cardiovascular risks

S Raghubeer, TE Matsha - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 5-10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) enzyme is vital for cellular
homeostasis due to its key functions in the one-carbon cycle, which include methionine and …

Antidiabetic plants improving insulin sensitivity

M Eddouks, A Bidi, B El Bouhali, L Hajji… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Globally, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at an alarming rate.
This chronic pathology gravely troubled the human health and quality of life. Both insulin …

Paternal low protein diet affects adult offspring cardiovascular and metabolic function in mice

AJ Watkins, KD Sinclair - American Journal of Physiology …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Although the association between maternal periconceptional diet and adult offspring health
is well characterised, our understanding of the impact of paternal nutrition at the time of …

Milk: an epigenetic amplifier of FTO-mediated transcription? Implications for Western diseases

BC Melnik - Journal of translational medicine, 2015 - Springer
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms within intron 1 of the FTO (fat mass and obesity-
associated) gene are associated with enhanced FTO expression, increased body weight …

SIRT1–SIRT7 in diabetic kidney disease: biological functions and molecular mechanisms

W Qi, C Hu, D Zhao, X Li - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a severe microvascular complication in patients with
diabetes and is one of the main causes of renal failure. The current clinical treatment …

FTO accelerates ovarian cancer cell growth by promoting proliferation, inhibiting apoptosis, and activating autophagy

L Zhao, X Kong, W Zhong, Y Wang, P Li - Pathology-Research and Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) is identified as a critical
demethylase involved in various physiological processes. Despite efforts have been made …

Association between genetic variants and diabetes mellitus in Iranian populations: a systematic review of observational studies

M Khodaeian, S Enayati… - Journal of diabetes …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Diabetes mellitus as the most prevalent metabolic disease is a multifactorial
disease which is influenced by environmental and genetic factors. In this systematic review …

Hypermethylation in the promoter of the MTHFR gene is associated with diabetic complications and biochemical indicators

MK dos Santos Nunes, AS Silva… - Diabetology & metabolic …, 2017 - Springer
Background DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism for regulating the transcription of
many genes and has been linked to the development of various diseases. A promising gene …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic effects of SGLT2i and metformin on 3-hydroxybutyric acid and lactate in db/db mice

M Harada, S Han, M Shi, J Ge, S Yu, J Adam… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Combining a Sodium-Glucose-Cotransporter-2-inhibitor (SGLT2i) with metformin is
recommended for managing hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who have …

Tissue and sex-specific programming of DNA methylation by perinatal lead exposure: implications for environmental epigenetics studies

LK Svoboda, K Neier, K Wang, RG Cavalcante… - Epigenetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Early developmental environment can influence long-term health through reprogramming of
the epigenome. Human environmental epigenetics studies rely on surrogate tissues, such …