Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FADS gene cluster are associated with delta-5 and delta-6 desaturase activities estimated by serum fatty acid ratios

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2325-2333

  Bokor, Szilvia ^a   Dumont, Julie ^a   Spinneker, Andre ^b   Gonzalez Gross, Marcela ^c   Nova, Esther ^d   Widhalm, Kurt ^e   Moschonis, George ^f   Stehle, Peter ^b   Amouyel, Philippe ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^g   Molnàr, Dènes ^h   Moreno, Luis A ⁱ   Meirhaeghe, Aline ^a   Dallongeville, Jean ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Institut für Ernährungs und Lebensmittelwissenschaften Ernährungphysiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arachidonic acid; Genetics; Lipoproteins; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; FATTY ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUROPE; FADS1 GENE; FADS2 GENE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77955425717     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M006205     Document Type: Article

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