Fetal Cardiology
Proliferation, not apoptosis, in embryonic mouse heart is affected by maternal folate deficiency
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 3rd, 2006
According to recent research published in the Journal of Nutrition, "Low dietary folate and deficiency of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (Mthfr) were reported to increase the risk for congenital heart defects, but contributory mechanisms have not been elucidated."
"Because low folate and absent MTHFR activity were shown to affect proliferation and apoptosis in developing neural tissue, we examined these processes in the myocardium of...
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2006-09-03)
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