Measures of B6 status are categorized as direct biomarkers and as functional biomarkers.
Direct biomarkers measure B6 vitamers in plasma/serum, urine and erythrocytes, and …

The worldwide incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) ranges from 1.0 to 10.0 per 1,000
births with almost equal frequencies between two major categories: anencephaly and spina …

Background Whether a modestly elevated homocysteine level is causally associated with an
increased risk of cardiovascular disease remains unestablished. We conducted a Mendelian …

The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health, Fifth Edition, provides the latest
coverage of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamins and vitamin-like substances. Health …

Background Micronutrients, namely vitamins and minerals, are associated with cancer
outcomes; however, their reported effects have been inconsistent across studies. We aimed …

Background Micronutrients play an essential role at every stage of the immune response,
and deficiencies can therefore lead to increased susceptibility to infections. Previous …

Background: The strong observational association between total homocysteine (tHcy)
concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the null associations in the …

Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer death worldwide. Although reduction of
tobacco consumption remains the most appropriate strategy to reduce lung-cancer burden …

The first described patients with pyridox (am) ine 5'-phosphate oxidase deficiency all had
neonatal onset seizures that did not respond to treatment with pyridoxine but responded to …

Chronic atrophic autoimmune gastritis (CAAG) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease
characterized by an immune response, which is directed towards the parietal cells and …