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Example sentences for: homocysteine
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These authors suggest the toxicity may be associated with the reverse hydrolysis of homocysteine to SAH resulting in the dramatic reduction of the SAM/SAH ratio to a point where methylation reactions are inhibited.
Subsequently, several studies have found higher mean homocysteine levels in patients with coronary, peripheral, and cerebral vascular disease, particularly in those with vascular disease not readily explained by conventional risk factors such as high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, diabetes, or smoking.
However, whether reduction in homocysteine levels translates into a reduction in heart disease is still an open question.
It is possible that increased folate requirements due to chronic hemolysis in sickle cell disease would lead to a relative deficiency state, which, in the presence of MTHFR mutation, would result in higher homocysteine levels as an additional risk factor for vasculopathy.
( Time published a piece on homocysteine last week.)
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