Mfsd2a is a transporter for the essential omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid

Nature

Volumn 509, Issue 7501, 2014, Pages 503-506

  Nguyen, Long N ^a   Ma, Dongliang ^a   Shui, Guanghou ^b   Wong, Peiyan ^a   Cazenave Gassiot, Amaury ^b   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Wenk, Markus R ^b   Goh, Eyleen L K ^a   Silver, David L ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MFSD2A PROTEIN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; FATTY ACID; GROWTH; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPIDOMICS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROCEPHALY; MICROVESSELS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SODIUM;

EID: 84901260638     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13241     Document Type: Article

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