Variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster, blood levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids and eczema in children within the first 2 years of life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Rzehak, Peter ^a,b   Thijs, Carel ^c   Standl, Marie ^a   Mommers, Monique ^c   Glaser, Claudia ^d   Jansen, Eugène ^e   Klopp, Norman ^a   Koppelman, Gerard H ^f   Singmann, Paula ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^g   Sausenthaler, Stefanie ^a   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^c   van den Brandt, Piet A ^h   Koletzko, Berthold ^d   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELTA 5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; GENETICS; INFANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 78149434189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013261     Document Type: Article

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