Hyperhomocysteinemia: clinical insights

F Al Mutairi - Journal of central nervous system disease, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Homocysteine (Hcy) is a sulfhydryl-containing amino acid, and intermediate metabolite
formed in metabolising methionine (Met) to cysteine (Cys); defective Met metabolism can …

Cerebral folate deficiency: analytical tests and differential diagnosis

S Pope, R Artuch, S Heales… - Journal of Inherited …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral folate deficiency is typically defined as a deficiency of the major folate species 5‐
methyltetrahydrofolate in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the presence of normal peripheral …

[PDF][PDF] Shifting landscapes of human MTHFR missense-variant effects

J Weile, N Kishore, S Sun, R Maaieh, M Verby… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Most rare clinical missense variants cannot currently be classified as pathogenic or benign.
Deficiency in human 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), the most common …

Mutation update and review of severe methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

DS Froese, M Huemer, T Suormala, P Burda… - Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Severe 5, 10‐methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is
caused by mutations in the MTHFR gene and results in hyperhomocysteinemia and varying …

Structural basis for the regulation of human 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase by phosphorylation and S-adenosylmethionine inhibition

DS Froese, J Kopec, E Rembeza, GA Bezerra… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The folate and methionine cycles are crucial for biosynthesis of lipids, nucleotides and
proteins, and production of the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). 5, 10 …

Role of folate in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

V Sid, YL Siow, KO - Canadian journal of physiology and …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of chronic liver conditions that are
characterized by steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and liver injury. The global prevalence of …

Dynamic inter-domain transformations mediate the allosteric regulation of human 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

LKM Blomgren, M Huber, SR Mackinnon… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) commits folate-derived one-carbon units to
generate the methyl-donor s-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM). Eukaryotic MTHFR appends to …

Rare variants in MTHFR predispose to occurrence and recurrence of pulmonary embolism

JS Tan, XX Yan, Y Wu, X Gao, XQ Xu, X Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Rare genetic variants play a critical role in unprovoked pulmonary embolism
(PE). However, the known risk genes only account a small proportion of patients with PE …

Diagnosing childhood-onset inborn errors of metabolism by next-generation sequencing

A Ghosh, H Schlecht, LE Heptinstall… - Archives of Disease in …, 2017 - adc.bmj.com
Background Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) underlie a substantial proportion of
paediatric disease burden but their genetic diagnosis can be challenging using the …

Clinical pattern, mutations and in vitro residual activity in 33 patients with severe 5, 10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency

M Huemer, R Mulder-Bleile, P Burda… - Journal of inherited …, 2016 - Springer
Background Severe methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare
inborn defect disturbing the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine (< 200 reported …