Article
Investigations of single nucleotide polymorphisms in folate pathway genes in Chinese families with neural tube defects.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2014
Liu Jian, Qi Jing, Yu Xiao, Zhu Jie, Zhang Lixia, Ning Qin, Luo Xiaoping
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: We investigated the hypothesis that there are interactions between SNPs in folate metabolism pathway genes and environmental risk factors to the etiology of neural tube defects (NTDs). METHOD: In 602 Chinese families, 609 aborted fetus tissues or blood samples were collected from NTD individuals, and 1106 parental blood samples were detected as controls. We analyzed 28 SNPs in 12 folate pathway genes....
Topics
- Betaine-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase
- China
- Family Health
- Female
- Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase
- Folic Acid
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
