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Most studies addressed these genes individually, often with different populations providing conflicting results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study evaluates several folate pathway genes for association with human NTDs, incorporating an environmental cofactor: maternal folate supplementation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In 304 Caucasian American NTD families with myelomeningocele or anencephaly, we examined 28 polymorphisms in 11 genes: folate receptor 1, folate receptor 2, solute carrier family 19 member 1, transcobalamin II, methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1, serine hydroxymethyl-transferase 1, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homo-cysteine methyltransferase, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase reductase, betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT), and cystathionine-beta-synthase.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Only single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BHMT were significantly associated in the overall data set; this significance was strongest when mothers took folate-containing nutritional supplements before conception. The BHMT SNP rs3733890 was more significant when the data were stratified by preferential transmission of the MTHFR rs1801133 thermolabile T allele from parent to offspring. Other SNPs in folate pathway genes were marginally significant in some analyses when stratified by maternal supplementation, MTHFR, or BHMT allele transmission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BHMT rs3733890 is significantly associated in our data set, whereas MTHFR rs1801133 is not a major risk factor. Further investigation of folate and methionine cycle genes will require extensive SNP genotyping and\/or resequencing to identify novel variants, inclusion of environmental factors, and investigation of gene\u2013gene interactions in large data sets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.9166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,6,15]],"date-time":"2006-06-15T15:46:49Z","timestamp":1150386409000},"page":"1547-1552","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":104,"title":["Neural Tube Defects and Folate Pathway Genes: Family-Based Association Tests of Gene\u2013Gene and Gene\u2013Environment Interactions"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"114","author":[{"given":"Abee L.","family":"Boyles","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashley V.","family":"Billups","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristen L.","family":"Deak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deborah G.","family":"Siegel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorraine","family":"Mehltretter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan H.","family":"Slifer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander G.","family":"Bassuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John A.","family":"Kessler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael C.","family":"Reed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H. 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