Open AccessTotal plasma homocysteine and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism in patients with colorectal carcinoma
Author(s) -
S Battistelli
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i38.6128
Subject(s) - genotype , methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase , homocysteine , colorectal cancer , reductase , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , methyltransferase , methionine , genotype frequency , biology , gastroenterology , allele frequency , endocrinology , enzyme , genetics , cancer , gene , biochemistry , methylation , amino acid
To investigate the behaviour of total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and its most common genetic determinant defect, the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T (C677TMTHFR) polymorphism in patients with early stage colorectal carcinoma.