Genome-Wide Association Study of Plasma N6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Within the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium
Author(s) -
Weihua Guan,
Brian T. Steffen,
Rozenn N. Lemaître,
Jason Wu,
Toshiko Tanaka,
Ani Manichaikul,
Millennia Foy,
Stephen S. Rich,
Lu Wang,
Jennifer A. Nettleton,
Weihong Tang,
Xiangjun Gu,
Stafania Bandinelli,
Irena B. King,
Barbara McKnight,
Bruce M. Psaty,
David S. Siscovick,
Luc Djoussé,
Yii-Der Ida Chen,
Luigi Ferrucci,
Myriam Fornage,
Dariush Mozafarrian,
Michael Y. Tsai,
Lyn M. Steffen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1942-325X
pISSN - 1942-3268
DOI - 10.1161/circgenetics.113.000208
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , genome wide association study , biology , genetic epidemiology , genetics , gene , fatty acid , bioinformatics , biochemistry , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism
Omega6 (n6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and their metabolites are involved in cell signaling, inflammation, clot formation, and other crucial biological processes. Genetic components, such as variants of fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes, determine the composition of n6 PUFAs.
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