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Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Americans and European Americans with diabetes or the metabolic syndrome.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Feb 2012
Sergeant Susan, Hugenschmidt Christina E, Rudock Megan E, Ziegler Julie T, Ivester Priscilla, Ainsworth Hannah C, Vaidya Dhananjay, Case L Douglas, Langefeld Carl D, Freedman Barry I, Bowden Donald W, Mathias Rasika A, Chilton Floyd H
Abstract excerpt
Over the past 50 years, increases in dietary n-6 PUFA, such as linoleic acid, have been hypothesised to cause or exacerbate chronic inflammatory diseases. The present study examines an individual's innate capacity to synthesise n-6 long-chain PUFA (LC-PUFA) with respect to the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) locus in Americans of African and European descent with diabetes or the metabolic syndrome. Compared with...
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