Type 2 diabetic nephropathy is a major cause of end-stage renal disease. MTHFR plays a vital role in folate metabolism, DNA methylation, and RNA synthesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between MTHFR C677T and A1298C genomic polymorphisms and development of type 2 diabetic nephropathy in a Chinese population. A hospital-based case-control study was performed. A total ...

PURPOSE Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common diabetic chronic complications. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene variants have been associated with vasculopathy that has been linked to diabetic neuropathy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible association between MTHFR gene C677T mutation and DPN and evaluate if there is an associati...

BACKGROUND Inconsistent results were reported in recent literature regarding the association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T/A1298C polymorphisms and the susceptibility of congenital heart disease (CHD). In this study, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the associations by employing multiple analytical methods. METHODS Literature search was performed and pub...

Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide. A single nucleotide polymorphism of the MTHFR gene (C677T) has been associated with susceptibility to this disease, although this is controversial in the last decade. In this study, the possible association between the MTHFR C677T polymorphism and the risk of developing primary open angle (POAG) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG) was investig...

PURPOSE Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism has been implicated as a potential risk factor for epilepsy. To date, many case-control studies have investigated the association between MTHFR C677T polymorphism and epilepsy susceptibility. However, those findings were inconsistent. The objective of this study is to evaluate the precise association between MTHFR C677T poly...

Hyperhomocysteinemia induced by the C677T genetic variant in MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) has been implicated in neuronal cell death of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), which is a characteristic feature of glaucoma. However, association of MTHFR C677T with glaucoma has been controversial because of inconsistent results across association studies. Association between MTHFR C677T and ...

Sugérese que la hiperuricema sea un factor de riesgo cardiovascular en humanos adultos con síndrome metabólico (SM) El polimorfismo C677T en el gen metilenotetrahidrofolato reductasa (MTHFR) ha sido asociado com la hiperuricemia. Datos sobre los factores asociados con la uricemia en humanos adultos con SM genotipados para el polimorfismo C677T en el gen MTHFR son inexistentes. Se objetivó inves...

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and bone mineral density (BMD). Two large cohort studies were performed: the Dong-gu Study (3,621 men and 5,409 women) and the Namwon Study (3,703 men and 5,672 women). We assessed lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Genotypes wer...

BACKGROUND There are conflicting results on the relationship of N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene variation in coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We analysed this gene variation in 2453 male Caucasians whose coronary anatomy was defined by coronary angiography. In the total sample, the C677T gene polymorphism was not associated with the ...