Article
One-carbon metabolism factors and leukocyte telomere length.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Apr 2013
Liu Jason J, Prescott Jennifer, Giovannucci Edward, Hankinson Susan E, Rosner Bernard, De Vivo Immaculata
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BACKGROUND: Dietary and genetic factors involved in the one-carbon metabolism pathway may affect telomere length through DNA methylation and synthesis, but this has not been comprehensively investigated in epidemiologic studies. OBJECTIVE: We cross-sectionally examined associations between dietary and genetic factors in the one-carbon metabolism pathway and relative peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length....
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