The β-oxidation of arachidonic acid and the synthesis of docosahexaenoic acid are selectively and consistently altered in skin fibroblasts from three Zellweger patients versus X-adrenoleukodystrophy, Alzheimer and control subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-148

  Petroni, A ^a   Bertagnolio, B ^b   La Spada, P ^a   Blasevich, M ^a   Papini, N ^a   Govoni, S ^c   Rimoldi, M ^b   Galli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

oxidation; Arachidonic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Peroxisomes; Zellweger syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SKIN; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

EID: 18244423025     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00467-4     Document Type: Article

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