FADS1, fatty acid desaturase 1, 3992

N. diseases: 125; N. variants: 32
Disease: Schizophrenia ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia 		0.310 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here we determined Delta5 desaturase (FADS1), Delta6 desaturase (FADS2), elongase (HELO1 [ELOVL5]), peroxisomal (PEX19), and Delta9 desaturase (stearoyl-CoA desaturase, SCD) mRNA expression, and relevant fatty acid product:precursor ratios as estimates of enzyme activities, in the postmortem prefrontal cortex (PFC) of patients with SZ (n=20) and non-psychiatric controls (n=20). 19195843 2009