FADS genetic variants and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in a homogeneous island population

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2766-2774

  Mathias, Rasika A ^a   Vergara, Candelaria ^a   Gao, Li ^a   Rafaels, Nicholas ^a   Hand, Tracey ^a   Campbell, Monica ^a   Bickel, Carol ^a   Ivester, Priscilla ^b   Sergeant, Susan ^b   Barnes, Kathleen C ^a   Chilton, Floyd H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturase; Genetic association; Isolated population

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AURICOLIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77956820562     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M008359     Document Type: Article

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