Heterogeneity of the Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) gene and metabolic risk factors in the EPIC-Potsdam study.

Heterogeneity of the Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) gene and metabolic risk factors in the EPIC-Potsdam study.

BACKGROUND: Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) is an enzyme involved in lipid metabolism. In mice and humans its activity has been associated with traits of the metabolic syndrome, but also with the prevention of saturated fatty acids accumulation and subsequent inflammation, whereas for liver fat con...

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Main Authors: Maria Arregui, Brian Buijsse, Norbert Stefan, Dolores Corella, Eva Fisher, Romina di Giuseppe, Oscar Coltell, Sven Knüppel, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Hans-Georg Joost, Heiner Boeing, Cornelia Weikert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3491059?pdf=render

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