Browsing by Subject "Folates"

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    • Epigenetic regulation of folate receptor-alpha (FOLR1) in human placenta of preterm newborns 
      Piñuñuri Flores, Raúl; Castaño Moreno, Erika; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Folates are essential nutrients for fetal development and pregnancy outcomes; they are transported to the fetus during gestation through specific folate transporters located in the placenta. In preterm newborns, ...
    • High levels of circulating folate concentrations are associated with DNA methylation of tumor suppressor ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Hossain, Mohammad B.; Lera Marques, Lydia; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Broberg, Karin; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: Changes in DNA methylation, one of the most studied epigenetic mechanisms, are considered an initial marker for early cancer detection. We evaluated how availability of dietary factors (folates and vitamin B12) ...