Genetic variants in desaturase gene, erythrocyte fatty acids, and risk for type 2 diabetes in Chinese Hans

Common genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster and their reconstructed haplotypes are associated with the fatty acid composition in phospholipids

Linda Schaeffer, Henning Gohlke, Martina Müller‐Nurasyid et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 2006 · 559 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Genome-Wide Association Study of Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the InCHIANTI Study

Toshiko Tanaka, Jian Shen, Gonçalo R. Abecasis et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2009 · 421 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Nutritional Sciences +14

Genetic Variants of the FADS1 FADS2 Gene Cluster Are Associated with Altered (n-6) and (n-3) Essential Fatty Acids in Plasma and Erythrocyte Phospholipids in Women during Pregnancy and in Breast Milk during Lactation

Lin Xie, Sheila M. Innis · Journal of Nutrition · 2008 · 329 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

FADS genotypes and desaturase activity estimated by the ratio of arachidonic acid to linoleic acid are associated with inflammation and coronary artery disease

Nicola Martinelli, Domenico Girelli, Giovanni Malerba et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2008 · 328 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cardiology +17

Erythrocyte membrane phospholipid fatty acids, desaturase activity, and dietary fatty acids in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)–Potsdam Study

Janine Kröger, Vera Zietemann, Cornelia Enzenbach et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2010 · 264 citations

Life Sciences, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +14