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MAT1A variants modulate the effect of dietary fatty acids on plasma homocysteine concentrations.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Apr 2012
Huang T, Tucker K, Lee Y, Crott J, Parnell L, Shen J, Smith C, Ordovas J, Li D, Lai C
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are associated with decreased plasma homocysteine (Hcy), an important biomarker for cardiovascular disease. The S-adenosylmethionine synthetase type-1 (MAT1A), an essential enzyme in the conversion of methionine to S-adenosylmeth...
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