…utting the pieces together
Dr. Purser includes PSEN2 in his brain-health teaching and discusses antioxidant support in that broader context. A family pattern of early-onset dementia or a pathogenic laboratory classification needs genetic co…
…mmatory medicines. A marker does not prove that a COX-2 inhibitor will fail. Medication choice should consider the actual response, cardiovascular and kidney risks, gastrointestinal history and other medicines.
A question to bring to your v…
SERPINE1 makes PAI-1, a protein involved in breaking down blood clots. You may also see PAI4G used for this pathway.
Also called: PAI-1, PAI4G, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, 4G/5G Polymorphism
Balanci…
…serine and glycine with folate pathways. That is one reason both nutrition and genetics can come up in a folate conversation. Neither a gene result nor a folate number tells the whole story alone.
Putting the pieces together
His wider map c…
SOD1 helps convert superoxide inside cells as part of the body’s antioxidant defenses.
Also called: Superoxide Dismutase 1
Superoxide defense in its own setting
Dr. Purser teaches SOD as one member of an antioxidant team. SOD1 works primari…
SOD2 works in mitochondria as part of the body’s antioxidant defenses.
Also called: Superoxide Dismutase 2
Superoxide defense in its own setting
Dr. Purser teaches SOD as one member of an antioxidant team. SOD2 works in mitochondria and use…
SOD3 works outside cells as part of the body’s antioxidant defenses.
Also called: Superoxide Dismutase 3
Superoxide defense in its own setting
Dr. Purser teaches SOD as one member of an antioxidant team. SOD3 works outside cells and uses co…
TCN2 helps carry vitamin B12 in the body. A gene result alone cannot tell you your B12 status.
Also called: Transcobalamin II
B12 must be carried as well as consumed
TCN2 appears in Dr. Purser’s homocysteine and methylation map because it c…
…efense and regulation of cell survival. Its name should not be read as proof that a TNF result indicates cancer.
Also called: Tumor Necrosis Factor
TNF is an immune signal with many contexts
TNF encodes tumor necrosis factor, an immune-sign…
…n response to active vitamin D. A receptor variant does not by itself mean receptors are absent or that the blood vitamin D level is low.
Also called: Vitamin D Receptor, VDR FOK, VDR TAQ
Vitamin D levels and vitamin D response
VDR encodes …
…eceptor.
Also called: Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase Complex Subunit 1
Recycling vitamin K and responding to warfarin
VKORC1 encodes vitamin K epoxide reductase, part of the vitamin K recycling system used in activating clotting proteins. It i…
…roach moves from a nutrient finding to priorities, a manageable plan and reassessment.
Also called:
From a laboratory flag to a useful plan
Start with your original CMA report: check its date, values, and the lab’s categories. Several low …
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