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A genetic variant in vitamin B12 metabolic genes that reduces the risk of congenital heart disease in Han Chinese populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Jue, Zhao Jian-Yuan, Wang Feng, Peng Qian-Qian, Hou Jia, Sun Shu-Na, Gui Yong-Hao, Duan Wen-Yuan, Qiao Bin, Wang Hong-Yan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies on components of the one-carbon metabolic pathway revealed that human vitamin B12 levels could be significantly influenced by variations in the fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2), cubilin (CUBN), and transcobalamin-I (TCN1) genes. An altered vitamin B12 level is an important factor that disturbs the homeostasis of the folate metabolism pathway, which in turn can potentially...
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