Let’s explore “Folate, serum — lab reference”

Decode the panels and hormone-test names listed in the Purser Lab Solutions report.

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DHFR helps reduce folic acid and dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate-related forms used in cellular metabolism. This is one part of the folate system, distinct from MTHFR and folate transport into cells.

FOLR1 encodes folate receptor alpha, which helps cells take up folate and has an important role in folate transport at the brain’s barriers. Blood folate and folate availability in the nervous system are not identical measurements.

FOLR2 encodes folate receptor beta, a folate-binding protein expressed in particular cell types, including subsets of immune cells. It is distinct from the FOLR1 receptor and the SLC19A1 reduced folate carrier.

GGH encodes gamma-glutamyl hydrolase, which removes glutamate residues from folate compounds. This affects folate handling and helps explain why folate metabolism includes retention and processing as well as intake.

The homocysteine chapters include MTHFD1L in the wider folate-related genetic map.

The course places SHMT1 in the folate-interconversion network.

Encodes the reduced folate carrier, a protein involved in transporting folates into cells.

MTHFS encodes an enzyme that converts 5-formyltetrahydrofolate into 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate. This places it in folate interconversion; it is not another name for MTHFR or a direct maker of methylfolate.

FOLR3 is the gene symbol used for Folate Receptor 3. This page connects its terminology with the topics in the Purser Wellness teaching library.