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SNP information rs174550

RS174550

Normal allele: TT

The fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene polymorphism is associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose levels in adults.

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Research and publications:

  20081858   New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

  20185807   Detailed physiologic characterization reveals diverse mechanisms for novel genetic Loci regulating glucose and insulin metabolism in humans

  20693352   Interactions of dietary whole-grain intake with fasting glucose- and insulin-related genetic loci in individuals of European descent: a meta-analysis of 14 cohort studies

  20805255   Racial/ethnic differences in association of fasting glucose-associated genomic loci with fasting glucose, HOMA-B, and impaired fasting glucose in the U.S. adult population

  20870969   Genetic predisposition to long-term nondiabetic deteriorations in glucose homeostasis: Ten-year follow-up of the GLACIER study

  20886378   Physiologic characterization of type 2 diabetes-related loci

  21091714   The genetics of type 2 diabetes: what have we learned from GWAS?

  21103350   Variants from GIPR, TCF7L2, DGKB, MADD, CRY2, GLIS3, PROX1, SLC30A8 and IGF1 are associated with glucose metabolism in the Chinese

  21421807   Effects of 34 risk loci for type 2 diabetes or hyperglycemia on lipoprotein subclasses and their composition in 6,580 nondiabetic Finnish men

  21513558   Fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene polymorphisms and insulin resistance in association with serum phospholipid polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in healthy Korean men: cross-sectional study.

  21515849   Association of genetic Loci with glucose levels in childhood and adolescence: a meta-analysis of over 6,000 children

  21747906   Variants in GLIS3 and CRY2 are associated with type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Chinese Hans.

  21810599   Total zinc intake may modify the glucose-raising effect of a zinc transporter (SLC30A8) variant: a 14-cohort meta-analysis

  21848424   Genetic associations with metabolic syndrome and its quantitative traits by race/ethnicity in the United States.

  21887289   Glucose-raising genetic variants in MADD and ADCY5 impair conversion of proinsulin to insulin

  21949744   Effects of 16 genetic variants on fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in South Asians: ADCY5 and GLIS3 variants may predispose to type 2 diabetes

  22984506   Effects of genetic variants previously associated with fasting glucose and insulin in the Diabetes Prevention Program

  23013243   Maternal and offspring fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes-associated genetic variants and cognitive function at age 8: a Mendelian randomization study in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

  23073174   From genotype to human β cell phenotype and beyond

  23185617   Genetic variant SLC2A2 [corrected] Is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease – assessing the individual and cumulative effect of 46 type 2 diabetes related genetic variants

  23396965   Interaction between a common variant in FADS1 and erythrocyte polyunsaturated fatty acids on lipid profile in Chinese Hans.

  25073516   Meta-analysis of genome-wide association study of homeostasis model assessment β cell function and insulin resistance in an East Asian population and the European results.

  25774817   Genetics of type 2 diabetes-pitfalls and possibilities.

  25930966   Longitudinal associations of serum fatty acid composition with type 2 diabetes risk and markers of insulin secretion and sensitivity in the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.

  26501394   Gene-diet interaction of a common FADS1 variant with marine polyunsaturated fatty acids for fatty acid composition in plasma and erythrocytes among men.

  27353450   The genetic regulatory signature of type 2 diabetes in human skeletal muscle.

  27383215   Type 2 Diabetes Risk Allele Loci in the Qatari Population.

  27782183   Evaluating the transferability of 15 European-derived fasting plasma glucose SNPs in Mexican children and adolescents.

  28084440   Common risk variants for colorectal cancer: an evaluation of associations with age at cancer onset.

  28359772   GCK, GCKR, FADS1, DGKB/TMEM195 and CDKAL1 Gene Polymorphisms in Women with Gestational Diabetes.

  28555039   FADS Gene Polymorphisms, Fatty Acid Desaturase Activities, and HDL-C in Type 2 Diabetes.

  28729637   Genetic variants including markers from the exome chip and metabolite traits of type 2 diabetes.

  29847832   Serum Lipid Concentrations and FADS Genetic Variants in Young Mexican College Students: The UP-AMIGOS Cohort Study.

  30624587   Inflammatory response to dietary linoleic acid depends on FADS1 genotype.

  31299695   Common Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk Variants Improve the Prediction of Gestational Diabetes.

  31991592   Genome-Wide Association Study for Serum Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Exploratory Analysis of the Sex-Specific Effects and Dietary Modulation in Mediterranean Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome.

  33548080   The FADS1 Genotype Modifies Metabolic Responses to the Linoleic Acid and Alpha-linolenic Acid Containing Plant Oils-Genotype Based Randomized Trial FADSDIET2.

  34718859   FADS1 rs174550 genotype and high linoleic acid diet modify plasma PUFA phospholipids in a dietary intervention study.

  35351696   Empowering consumers to PREVENT diet-related diseases through OMICS sciences (PREVENTOMICS): protocol for a parallel double-blinded randomised intervention trial to investigate biomarker-based nutrition plans for weight loss.

  35701670   The FADS1 genotypes modify the effect of linoleic acid-enriched diet on adipose tissue inflammation via pro-inflammatory eicosanoid metabolism.

  35871074   Maternal DHA-rich n-3 PUFAs supplementation interacts with FADS genotypes to influence the profiles of PUFAs in the colostrum among Chinese Han population: a birth cohort study.

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