Linoleic acid

Linoleic acid is a lipid of Fatty Acyls (FA) class. Linoleic acid is associated with abnormalities such as Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent, Metabolic syndrome, Obesity, Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease and Pneumonia. The involved functions are known as Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, Synthesis, Pathological accumulation of air in tissues and cytokine biosynthesis. The associated genes with Linoleic acid are TNF gene, CCL2 gene and TLR4 gene. The related lipids are palmitoleic acid, nervonic acid and Sphingolipids.

References related to genes published in Thorax


PMIDJournalPublished DateAuthorTitle
27486204Thorax2017Segal LN et al.Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with azithromycin selects for anti-inflammatory microbial metabolites in the emphysematous lung.