Homocysteine Metabolism: From Basic Science to Clinical Medicine

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 The Regulation of Homocysteine Metabolism
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   Chapter 2 Methionine Kinetics and Balance
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   Chapter 3 On the Formation and Fate of Total Plasma Homocysteine
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   Chapter 4 Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase: Comparison of the Enzyme from Mammalian and Bacterial Sources
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   Chapter 5 Genetics of Mammalian 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase
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   Chapter 6 Thermolabile Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase
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   Chapter 7 The Long-Term Outcome in Homocystinuria
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   Chapter 8 Characterization of the Human and Porcine Methionine Synthases and Their Redox Partners
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    Chapter 9 Inherited Disorders of Folate and Cobalamin
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    Chapter 10 Molecular Genetics of Cystathionine β-Synthase in Homocystinuria and Vascular Disease
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    Chapter 11 Cystathionine β-Synthase Deficiency: Metabolic Aspects
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    Chapter 12 Homocysteine and Other Metabolites in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Cobalamin and Folate Deficiencies
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    Chapter 13 Vitamin Status and Hyperhomocysteinemia in a Healthy Population
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    Chapter 14 Association Between Plasma Homocysteine, Vitamin Status, and Extracranial Carotid-Artery Stenosis in the Framingham Study Population
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    Chapter 15 Treatment of Mild Hyperhomocysteinemia
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    Chapter 16 Folate, Vitamin B 12 , and Neuropsychiatry Disorders
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    Chapter 17 Vitamins, Homocysteine and Neural-Tube Defects
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    Chapter 18 The Etiology of Neural Tube Defects
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    Chapter 19 Plasma Homocysteine in Renal Failure, Diabetes Mellitus, and Alcoholism
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    Chapter 20 Homocysteine and Drug Therapy
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    Chapter 21 Is Methioninase Useful for the Prevention of Hyperhomocysteinemia-Associated Cardiovascular Disease?
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    Chapter 22 Synthesis of Homocysteine Thiolactone in Normal and Malignant Cells
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    Chapter 23 Folate Status: Modulation of Colorectal Carcinogenesis
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    Chapter 24 The Hordaland Homocysteine Study: Lifestyle and Total Plasma Homocysteine in Western Norway
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    Chapter 25 Blood Homocysteine Levels in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes III) in the United States: Preliminary Findings by Age and Sex
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    Chapter 26 Heritability of Plasma Homocysteine Concentration
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    Chapter 27 Plasma Homocysteine and Coronary Artery Disease
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    Chapter 28 Homocysteine and Cerebral and Peripheral Vascular Disease
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    Chapter 29 Plasma Homocysteine and Its Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Japanese Population
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    Chapter 30 Biological Chemistry of Thiols and the Role of Homocysteine in Vascular-Related Disease
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    Chapter 31 Homocysteine and Vascular Disease: The European Concerted Action Project
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    Chapter 32 Prospective Studies of Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Disease
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    Chapter 33 A Meta-Analysis of Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease and the Potential Preventive Role of Folic Acid
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    Chapter 34 Pathology of Homocystinuria
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    Chapter 35 Lipoprotein(a), Homocysteine, and Atherogenesis
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    Chapter 36 Endothelial- and Leukocyte-Mediated Mechanisms in Homocysteine-Associated Occlusive Vascular Disease