Vitamin B12 deficiency from the perspective of a practicing hematologist

R Green - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
B12 deficiency is the leading cause of megaloblastic anemia, and although more common in
the elderly, can occur at any age. Clinical disease caused by B12 deficiency usually …

Vitamin B12 deficiency

R Green, LH Allen, AL Bjørke-Monsen, A Brito… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Vitamin B 12 (B12; also known as cobalamin) is a B vitamin that has an important
role in cellular metabolism, especially in DNA synthesis, methylation and mitochondrial …

Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B12 Production by Intestinal Symbionts

C Belzer, LW Chia, S Aalvink, B Chamlagain… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Akkermansia muciniphila has evolved to specialize in the degradation and utilization of host
mucus, which it may use as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. Mucus degradation and …

Homocysteine, B vitamins, and cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study

S Yuan, AM Mason, P Carter, S Burgess, SC Larsson - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Whether a modestly elevated homocysteine level is causally associated with an
increased risk of cardiovascular disease remains unestablished. We conducted a Mendelian …

Power and instrument strength requirements for Mendelian randomization studies using multiple genetic variants

BL Pierce, H Ahsan… - International journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Mendelian Randomization (MR) studies assess the causality of an
exposure–disease association using genetic determinants [ie instrumental variables (IVs)] of …

Prioritizing GWAS results: a review of statistical methods and recommendations for their application

RM Cantor, K Lange, JS Sinsheimer - The American Journal of Human …, 2010 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have rapidly become a standard method for
disease gene discovery. A substantial number of recent GWAS indicate that for most …

Direct and functional biomarkers of vitamin B6 status

PM Ueland, A Ulvik, L Rios-Avila… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Measures of B6 status are categorized as direct biomarkers and as functional biomarkers.
Direct biomarkers measure B6 vitamers in plasma/serum, urine and erythrocytes, and …

Cognitive impairment and vitamin B12: a review

E Moore, A Mander, D Ames, R Carne… - International …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Background: This review examines the associations between low vitamin B12 levels,
neurodegenerative disease, and cognitive impairment. The potential impact of comorbidities …

Current state of evidence: influence of nutritional and nutrigenetic factors on immunity in the COVID-19 pandemic framework

S Galmés, F Serra, A Palou - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has caused shock waves in many countries,
producing a global health crisis worldwide. Lack of knowledge of the biological mechanisms …

A large-scale screen for coding variants predisposing to psoriasis

H Tang, X Jin, Y Li, H Jiang, X Tang, X Yang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
To explore the contribution of functional coding variants to psoriasis, we analyzed
nonsynonymous single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) across the genome by exome …