Vitamin B12 and folic acid alleviate symptoms of nutritional deficiency by antagonizing aryl hydrocarbon receptor [Medical Sciences]

Despite broad appreciation of their clinical utility, it has been unclear how vitamin B12 and folic acid (FA) function at the molecular level to directly prevent their hallmark symptoms of deficiency like anemia or birth defects. To this point, B12 and FA have largely been studied as cofactors for enzymes...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Daniel J. Kim, Arvind Venkataraman, Priyanka Caroline Jain, Eleanor P. Wiesler, Melody DeBlasio, Jonathan Klein, Stephanie S. Tu, Seohyuk Lee, Ruslan Medzhitov, Akiko Iwasaki Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research