Vitamin B 12

"Vitamin B 12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.

Descriptor ID	D014805
MeSH Number(s)	D03.383.129.578.840.437.777 D03.633.400.909.437.777 D04.345.783.437.777
Concept/Terms	Vitamin B 12 Vitamin B 12 B 12, Vitamin Vitamin B12 B12, Vitamin Cyanocobalamin Cobalamins Cobalamins Cobalamin Eritron Eritron

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring [D03.383]
Azoles [D03.383.129]
Pyrroles [D03.383.129.578]
Tetrapyrroles [D03.383.129.578.840]
Corrinoids [D03.383.129.578.840.437]
Vitamin B 12 [D03.383.129.578.840.437.777]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings [D03.633.400]
Tetrapyrroles [D03.633.400.909]
Corrinoids [D03.633.400.909.437]
Vitamin B 12 [D03.633.400.909.437.777]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Macrocyclic Compounds [D04.345]
Tetrapyrroles [D04.345.783]
Corrinoids [D04.345.783.437]
Vitamin B 12 [D04.345.783.437.777]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
2003	0	2	2
2004	1	1	2
2006	3	0	3
2007	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2016	0	2	2
2017	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1

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Paz D, Pinales BE, Castellanos BS, Perez I, Gil CB, Madrigal LJ, Reyes-Nava NG, Castro VL, Sloan JL, Quintana AM. Abnormal chondrocyte development in a zebrafish model of cblC syndrome restored by an MMACHC cobalamin binding mutant. Differentiation. 2023 May-Jun; 131:74-81.

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Jarrett H, McNulty H, Hughes CF, Pentieva K, Strain JJ, McCann A, McAnena L, Cunningham C, Molloy AM, Flynn A, Hopkins SM, Horigan G, O'Connor C, Walton J, McNulty BA, Gibney MJ, Lamers Y, Ward M. Vitamin B-6 and riboflavin, their metabolic interaction, and relationship with MTHFR genotype in adults aged 18-102 years. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 12 19; 116(6):1767-1778.

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Nerurkar PV, Gandhi K, Chen JJ. Correlations between Coffee Consumption and Metabolic Phenotypes, Plasma Folate, and Vitamin B12: NHANES 2003 to 2006. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 18; 13(4).

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Hu Y, Raffield LM, Polfus LM, Moscati A, Nadkarni G, Preuss MH, Zhong X, Wei Q, Rich SS, Li Y, Wilson JG, Correa A, Loos RJF, Li B, Auer PL, Reiner AP. A common TCN1 loss-of-function variant is associated with lower vitamin B12 concentration in African Americans. Blood. 2018 06 21; 131(25):2859-2863.

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Stingone JA, Luben TJ, Carmichael SL, Aylsworth AS, Botto LD, Correa A, Gilboa SM, Langlois PH, Nembhard WN, Richmond-Bryant J, Shaw GM, Olshan AF. Maternal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide, Intake of Methyl Nutrients, and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Sep 15; 186(6):719-729.

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Quintana AM, Yu HC, Brebner A, Pupavac M, Geiger EA, Watson A, Castro VL, Cheung W, Chen SH, Watkins D, Pastinen T, Skovby F, Appel B, Rosenblatt DS, Shaikh TH. Mutations in THAP11 cause an inborn error of cobalamin metabolism and developmental abnormalities. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 08 01; 26(15):2838-2849.

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Romagnolo DF, Daniels KD, Grunwald JT, Ramos SA, Propper CR, Selmin OI. Epigenetics of breast cancer: Modifying role of environmental and bioactive food compounds. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2016 06; 60(6):1310-29.

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Gondr?-Lewis MC, Warnock KT, Wang H, June HL, Bell KA, Rabe H, Tiruveedhula VV, Cook J, L?ddens H, Aurelian L, June HL. Early life stress is a risk factor for excessive alcohol drinking and impulsivity in adults and is mediated via a CRF/GABA(A) mechanism. Stress. 2016; 19(2):235-47.

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Quintana AM, Geiger EA, Achilly N, Rosenblatt DS, Maclean KN, Stabler SP, Artinger KB, Appel B, Shaikh TH. Hcfc1b, a zebrafish ortholog of HCFC1, regulates craniofacial development by modulating mmachc expression. Dev Biol. 2014 Dec 01; 396(1):94-106.

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Yu HC, Sloan JL, Scharer G, Brebner A, Quintana AM, Achilly NP, Manoli I, Coughlin CR, Geiger EA, Schneck U, Watkins D, Suormala T, Van Hove JL, Fowler B, Baumgartner MR, Rosenblatt DS, Venditti CP, Shaikh TH. An X-linked cobalamin disorder caused by mutations in transcriptional coregulator HCFC1. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Sep 05; 93(3):506-14.

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