Ethnic variation in the activity of lipid desaturases and their relationships with cardiovascular risk factors in control women and an at-risk group with previous gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Background Lipid desaturase enzymes mediate the metabolism of fatty acids to long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and their activities are related to metabolic risk factors for Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD). There are marked ethnic differences in risks of CHD and T2DM but...
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Autor*in:

Gray, Robert G [verfasserIn]

Kousta, Eleni

McCarthy, Mark I

Godsland, Ian F

Venkatesan, Soundarajan

Anyaoku, Victor

Johnston, Desmond G

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Ethnicity

Lipids

Blood pressure

Insulin resistance

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase

Delta 6 desaturase

Delta 5 desaturase

Fatty acids

Desaturase activities

Triglycerides

HDL cholesterol

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© Gray et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: Lipids in health and disease - London : Biomed Central, 2002, 12(2013), 1 vom: 06. März

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:12 ; year:2013 ; number:1 ; day:06 ; month:03

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1476-511X-12-25

Katalog-ID:

SPR029213436

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