Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency selectively up-regulates delta6-desaturase expression and activity indices in rat liver: Prevention by normalization of omega-3 fatty acid status

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 715-722

  Hofacer, Rylon ^a   Jandacek, Ronald ^a   Rider, Therese ^a   Tso, Patrick ^a   Magrisso, I Jack ^a   Benoit, Stephen C ^a   McNamara, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta5 desaturase (Fads1); Delta6 desaturase (Fads2); Elongase 2 5 (Elovl2, Elovl5); Erythrocyte; Frontal cortex; Liver; Omega 3 fatty acid; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 82555163321     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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