FADS gene cluster polymorphisms: Important modulators of fatty acid levels and their impact on atopic diseases

Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Lattka, Eva ^a   Illig, Thomas ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 desaturase; 6 desaturase; Arachidonic acid; Atopy; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA5 DESATURASE; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATOPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FADS1 GENE; FADS2 GENE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 70349264255     PISSN: 16616499     EISSN: 16616758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235559     Document Type: Short Survey

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