Introduction Riboflavin transporter deficiency (RTD) is a rare genetic disorder that affects
riboflavin transport, leading to impaired red blood cell production and resulting in pure red …

This study aimed to determine whether C20orf54 rs13042395 polymorphism modify the risk
of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas …

Porcine endogenous retrovirus-A (PERV-A), a gammaretrovirus, infects human cells in vitro,
thus raising the potential risk of cross-species transmission in xenotransplantation. Two …

Human protoporphyrinogen oxidase IX (hPPO) is an oxygen-dependent enzyme catalyzing
the penultimate step in the heme biosynthesis pathway. Mutations in the enzyme are linked …

Background Riboflavin (RF) is essential for normal cellular metabolic activities. Human cells
obtain RF from their surroundings via a carrier-mediated process that involves RF …

Abstract GTP cyclohydrolase II (GCHII), catalyzes the conversion of GTP to 2, 5-diamino-6-β-
ribosyl-4 (3H)-pyrimidinone-5′-phosphate and has been shown to be essential for …

Abstract Riboflavin transporter 3 (RFVT3), encoded by the SLC52A3 gene, is important for
riboflavin homeostasis in the small intestine, kidney, and placenta. Our previous study …

Riboflavin or vitamin B2, a water-soluble vitamin supplied by dairy products, is the precursor
of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). FAD is the essential …

Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular alphaproteobacterium that occurs in arthropod and
nematode hosts. Wolbachia presumably provides a fitness benefit to its hosts, but the basis …