Studies reporting blood levels of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic
acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), were systematically identified in order to …

Metabolomics comprises the methods and techniques that are used to measure the small
molecule composition of biofluids and tissues, and is actually one of the most rapidly …

Ancient DNA makes it possible to observe natural selection directly by analysing samples
from populations before, during and after adaptation events. Here we report a genome-wide …

Identifying the downstream effects of disease-associated SNPs is challenging. To help
overcome this problem, we performed expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) meta …

Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is an essential fatty acid and the substrate for the synthesis of
longer-chain, more unsaturated ω-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are considered to be critical nutrients to regulate human
health and development, and numerous fatty acid desaturases play key roles in synthesizing …

Circulating fatty acids (FA) are associated with a multitude of chronic diseases. However, a
major gap in establishing such relationships is the lack of accepted fatty acid reference …

Maternal nutrition has little or no effect on many nutrients in human milk; for others, human
milk may not be designed as a primary nutritional source for the infant; and for a few …

Abstract Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, 18: 3n-6) is an omega-6 (n-6), 18 carbon (18C-)
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) found in human milk and several botanical seed oils and …

The discovery of biomarkers able to predict biological age of individuals is a crucial goal in
aging research. Recently, researchers' attention has turn toward epigenetic markers of …