Folic Acid Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Folic Acid, including details on folate, deficiency, pregnancy, benefits, sources, side-effects.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 5 (May)

1. Target-specific gene silencing by siRNA plasmid DNA complexed with folate-modified poly(ethylenimine).
   J Control Release, 104(1): 223-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Folate targeting of drug carriers: a mathematical model.
   J Control Release, 104(1): 113-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Changing lifestyles and oral clefts occurrence in Denmark.
   Cleft Palate Craniofac J, 42(3): 255-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Aspartate 120 of Escherichia coli methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase: evidence for major roles in folate binding and catalysis and a minor role in flavin reactivity.
   Biochemistry, 44(18): 6809-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A phase II study of biweekly oxaliplatin plus infusional 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid (FOLFOX-4) as first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer patients.
   Br J Cancer, 92(9): 1644-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Plasma homocysteine is related to folate intake but not training status.
   Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 15(2): 125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Role of vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid on hyperhomocysteinemia in a Pakistani population of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
   Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 15(2): 100-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Regulation by oligomerization in a mycobacterial folate biosynthetic enzyme.
   J Mol Biol, 349(1): 61-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Autoantibodies to folate receptors in the cerebral folate deficiency syndrome.
   N Engl J Med, 352(19): 1985-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. High-dose folic acid acutely improves coronary vasodilator function in patients with coronary artery disease.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(10): 1580-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The human multidrug resistance protein MRP5 transports folates and can mediate cellular resistance against antifolates.
    Cancer Res, 65(10): 4425-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Administration of B-group vitamins reduces circulating homocysteine in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients treated with metformin: a randomized trial.
    Hum Reprod, 20(6): 1521-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Shikimate and folate pathways in the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus olseni.
    Mol Biochem Parasitol, 142(1): 106-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Targeting and inhibition of cell growth by an engineered dendritic nanodevice.
    J Med Chem, 48(11): 3729-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Reduction of birth prevalence rates of neural tube defects after folic acid fortification in Chile.
    Am J Med Genet A, 135(2): 120-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Comparative folate metabolism in humans and malaria parasites (part I): pointers for malaria treatment from cancer chemotherapy.
    Trends Parasitol, 21(6): 292-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Maternal use of nutritional supplements during the first month of pregnancy and decreased risk of Down's syndrome: case-control study.
    Nutrition, 21(6): 698-704; discussion 774. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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