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Association Between Homocysteine and Vascular Calcification Incidence, Prevalence, and Progression in the MESA Cohort [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background While elevated homocysteine has been associated with calcification in several studies, its importance as a cardiovascular risk factor remains unclear.
Amy B. Karger, Brian T. Steffen, Sarah O. Nomura, Weihua Guan, Parveen K. Garg, Moyses Szklo, Matthew J. Budoff, Michael Y. Tsai   +7 more
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China precision nutrition and health: knowledge, attitude, and practice real-world study (CPNAS): a cross-sectional analysis of the association between serum vitamin A and homocysteine levels in rural middle-aged and elderly populations in China. [PDF]

Nutr J
Background Homocysteine levels are closely associated with overall health. An elevation in homocysteine can lead to a variety of health issues and is influenced by vitamins B12, B6, and folic acid.
Chen N, Cheng D, Ding YZ, Xu P, Wang Y, Ding JX, Xu YY, Zhou JM, Bao JJ, Peng Y, Guo F, Xie YQ, Qin XH, Shi HP, Zhou H.   +14 more
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Homocysteine Metabolism in Pregnancy and Developmental Impacts

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022
Homocysteine is a metabolite generated by methionine cycle metabolism, comprising the demethylated derivative of methionine. Homocysteine can be metabolised by the transsulphuration pathway to cystathionine, which requires vitamin B6, or can undergo ...
Stephen W. D’Souza, Jocelyn D. Glazier
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Ability of dietary factors to affect homocysteine levels in mice: a review

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2021
Homocysteine is associated with several diseases, and a series of dietary factors are known to modulate homocysteine levels. As mice are often used as model organisms to study the effects of dietary hyperhomocysteinemia, we collected data about ...
Christine Brütting, Pia Hildebrand, Corinna Brandsch, Gabriele I. Stangl   +3 more
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Homocysteine levels correlate with AVSS-RigiScan test parameters in men with erectile dysfunction

Basic and Clinical Andrology, 2023
Background Although elevated homocysteine levels have been shown to affect penile erection, the relationship between homocysteine and erection at the tip or base of the penis has not been extensively studied.
Xin Qian, Xing Tao, Yangyang Gong, Can Ran, Yougang Feng, Hongjian Liu   +5 more
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Homocysteine inhibits hepatocyte proliferation via endoplasmic reticulum stress. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Homocysteine is an independent risk factor for coronary, cerebral, and peripheral vascular diseases. Recent studies have shown that levels of homocysteine are elevated in patients with impaired hepatic function, but the precise role of homocysteine in ...
Xue Yu, Jiajun Lv, Yunzhen Zhu, Liping Duan, Lanqing Ma   +4 more
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Elevated plasma homocysteine upon ischemic stroke is associated with increased long-term mortality in women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide, despite preventive and therapeutic advances during the last twenty years. Blood-borne biomarkers have been studied in association to short- and long-term outcome, in order to investigate possible ...
Ioanna Markaki, Stefanos Klironomos, Konstantinos Kostulas, Christina Sjostrand   +3 more
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Apoptosis of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells caused by homocysteine via activating JNK signal. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are capable of homing to and repair damaged myocardial tissues. Apoptosis of BMSCs in response to various pathological stimuli leads to the attenuation of healing ability of BMSCs.
Benzhi Cai, Xingda Li, Yang Wang, Yanju Liu, Fan Yang, Hongyang Chen, Kun Yin, Xueying Tan, Jiuxin Zhu, Zhenwei Pan, Baoqiu Wang, Yanjie Lu   +11 more
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Role of homocysteine in the development and progression of Parkinson’s disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2020
Homocysteine is an essential intermediate product of biochemical reactions that is present in various tissues of the human body. Homocysteine may be associated with the development and progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Xiaoyan Fan, Lixia Zhang, Haijun Li, Guang Chen, Gangqiao Qi, Xueqiang Ma, Yuelei Jin   +6 more
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Homocysteine levels and treatment effect in the prospective study of pravastatin in the elderly at risk [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: To assess the effect of preventive pravastatin treatment on coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality in older persons at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), stratified according to plasma levels of homocysteine.<p></p&
Assendelft, W.J.J., Blom, H.J., Blom, J.W., de Craen, A.J.M., de Ruijter, W., Drewes, Y.M., Ford, I., Gussekloo, J., Poortvliet, R.K.E., Sattar, N., Stott, D.J., Westendorp, R.G.J., Wouter Jukema, J.   +12 more
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