Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies

Publication: PLOS Medicine

Imamura F, Fretts A, Marklund M, Ardisson Korat A, Yang W, Lankinen M et al.

12 June 2020


Summary

De novo lipogenesis (DNL) is the primary metabolic pathway synthesizing fatty acids from carbohydrates, protein, or alcohol. Researchers examined associations of in vivo levels of selected fatty acids in DNL with incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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