Decreased activity of desaturase 5 in association with obesity and insulin resistance aggravates declining long-chain n-3 fatty acid status in Cree undergoing dietary transition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Zhou, Yuan E ^a   Kubow, Stan ^a   Dewailly, Eric ^b   Julien, Pierre ^b   Egeland, Grace M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desaturase 5; Dietary transition; Indigenous peoples; Insulin resistance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; DELTA 5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PREVALENCE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449710952     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509301609     Document Type: Article

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