Genetic variants of the fatty acid desaturase gene cluster are associated with plasma LDL cholesterol levels in Japanese males

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-335

  Sone, Yasuko ^a   Kido, Toshimi ^a   Ainuki, Tomomi ^a   Sonoda, Mariko ^a   Ichi, Ikuyo ^a   Kodama, Satoru ^b   Sone, Hirohito ^c   Kondo, Kazuo ^a   Morita, Yutaka ^d   Egawa, Shigenobu ^e   Kawahara, Kazuo ^f   Otsuka, Yuzuru ^a   Fujiwara, Yoko ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation Tokyo   (Japan)

^e Fukuoka Institute of Occupational Health   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturase; Hyperlipidemia; Red blood cell; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84884583573     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.59.325     Document Type: Article

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