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 …
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 …
Background Whether a modestly elevated homocysteine level is causally associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease remains unestablished. We conducted a Mendelian …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …