Fatty Acid Metabolism:
Interlinking Diet with Cardiometabolic Health
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List of publications related to the FAME project

  • Eichelmann, F., Sellem, L., Wittenbecher, C., Jäger, S., Kuxhaus, O., Prada, M., Cuadrat, R., Jackson, K., Lovegrove, J. and Schulze, M., (2022). Deep Lipidomics in Human Plasma: Cardiometabolic Disease Risk and Effect of Dietary Fat Modulation. Circulation, 146(1), 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056805 PubMed
  • Prada, M., Wittenbecher, C., Eichelmann, F., Wernitz, A., Kuxhaus, O., Kröger, J., Weikert, C. and Schulze, M., (2022). Plasma Industrial and Ruminant Trans Fatty Acids and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam Cohort. Diabetes Care, 45(4), pp.845-853. doi: 10.2337/dc21-1897 PubMed
  • Saleh, R.N.M., Minihane, A.M. (2022). Fish, n-3 fatty acids, cognition and dementia risk: not just a fishy tale. Proc Nutr Soc, 81(1):27-40. doi: 10.1017/S0029665121003700 PubMed
  • Wittenbecher, C., Cuadrat, R., Johnston, L., Eichelmann, F., Jäger, S., Kuxhaus, O., Prada, M., Del Greco M., F., Hicks, A., Hoffman, P., Krumsiek, J., Hu, F. and Schulze, M. (2022). Dihydroceramide- and ceramide-profiling provides insights into human cardiometabolic disease etiology. Nature Communications, 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28496-1 PubMed
  • Wittenbecher C, Eichelmann F, Toledo E, Guasch-Ferré M, Ruiz-Canela M, Li J, Arós F, Lee CH, Liang L, Salas-Salvadó J, Clish CB, Schulze MB, Martínez-González MÁ, Hu FB. (2021). Lipid Profiles and Heart Failure Risk: Results From Two Prospective Studies. Circ Res, 128(3):309-320 doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.317883 PubMed
  • Saleh RNM, West AL, Ostermann AI, Schebb NH, Calder PC, Minihane AM. (2021).  APOE Genotype Modifies the Plasma Oxylipin Response to Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Healthy Individuals. Front Nutr. 8:723813. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.723813 PubMed
  • Drouin-Chartier JP, Hernández-Alonso P, Guasch-Ferré M, Ruiz-Canela M, Li J, Wittenbecher C, Razquin C, Toledo E, Dennis C, Corella D, Estruch R, Fitó M, Eliassen AH, Tobias DK, Ascherio A, Mucci LA, Rexrode KM, Karlson EW, Costenbader KH, Fuchs CS, Liang L, Clish CB, Martínez-González MA, Salas-Salvadó J, Hu FB. (2021). Dairy consumption, plasma metabolites, and risk of type 2 diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr,114(1):163-174.
    doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab047. PubMed
  • Schulze, M., Minihane, A., Saleh, R. & Risérus, U. (2020). Intake and metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids: nutritional implications for cardiometabolic diseases. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 8(11), 915-930. doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30148-0 PubMed
  • Jäger, S., Cuadrat, R., Hoffmann, P., Wittenbecher, C., & Schulze, M. (2020). Desaturase Activity and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Nutrients, 12(8), 2261. doi.org/10.3390/nu12082261 PubMed
  • Curtis, P. J., van der Velpen, V., Berends, L., Jennings, A., Feelisch, M., Umpleby, A. M., . . . Cassidy, A. (2019). Blueberries improve biomarkers of cardiometabolic function in participants with metabolic syndrome-results from a 6-month, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr, 109(6), 1535-1545. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqy380 PubMed
  • Marklund, M., Wu, J. H. Y., Imamura, F., Del Gobbo, L. C., Fretts, A., de Goede, J., . . . Riserus, U. (2019). Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. Circulation, 139(21), 2422-2436. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.118.038908 PubMed
  • Muralidharan, J., Papandreou, C., Sala-Vila, A., Rosique-Esteban, N., Fitó, M., Estruch, R., . . . Bulló, M. (2019). Fatty Acids Composition of Blood Cell Membranes and Peripheral Inflammation in the PREDIMED Study: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Nutrients, 11(3). doi:10.3390/nu11030576 PubMed
  • Vallee Marcotte, B., Guenard, F., Lemieux, S., Couture, P., Rudkowska, I., Calder, P. C., . . . Vohl, M. C. (2019). Fine mapping of genome-wide association study signals to identify genetic markers of the plasma triglyceride response to an omega-3 fatty acid supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr, 109(1), 176-185. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqy298 PubMed
  • Li, S. X., Imamura, F., Schulze, M. B., Zheng, J., Ye, Z., Agudo, A., . . . Wareham, N. J. (2018). Interplay between genetic predisposition, macronutrient intake and type 2 diabetes incidence: analysis within EPIC-InterAct across eight European countries. Diabetologia, 61(6), 1325-1332. doi:10.1007/s00125-018-4586-2 PubMed
  • Molnos, S., Wahl, S., Haid, M., Eekhoff, E. M. W., Pool, R., Floegel, A., . . . t Hart, L. M. (2018). Metabolite ratios as potential biomarkers for type 2 diabetes: a DIRECT study. Diabetologia, 61(1), 117-129. doi:10.1007/s00125-017-4436-7 PubMed
  • Pontifex, M., Vauzour, D., & Minihane, A. M. (2018). The effect of APOE genotype on Alzheimer's disease risk is influenced by sex and docosahexaenoic acid status. Neurobiol Aging, 69, 209-220. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.05.017 PubMed
  • Rathnayake, K. M., Weech, M., Jackson, K. G., & Lovegrove, J. A. (2018). Meal Fatty Acids Have Differential Effects on Postprandial Blood Pressure and Biomarkers of Endothelial Function but Not Vascular Reactivity in Postmenopausal Women in the Randomized Controlled Dietary Intervention and VAScular function (DIVAS)-2 Study. J Nutr, 148(3), 348-357. doi:10.1093/jn/nxx042 PubMed
  • Razquin, C., Liang, L., Toledo, E., Clish, C. B., Ruiz-Canela, M., Zheng, Y., . . . Martinez-Gonzalez, M. A. (2018). Plasma lipidome patterns associated with cardiovascular risk in the PREDIMED trial: A case-cohort study. Int J Cardiol, 253, 126-132. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.10.026 PubMed
  • Razquin, C., Toledo, E., Clish, C. B., Ruiz-Canela, M., Dennis, C., Corella, D., . . . Martinez-Gonzalez, M. A. (2018). Plasma Lipidomic Profiling and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the PREDIMED Trial. Diabetes Care, 41(12), 2617-2624. doi:10.2337/dc18-0840 PubMed
  • Vauzour, D., Rodriguez-Ramiro, I., Rushbrook, S., Ipharraguerre, I. R., Bevan, D., Davies, S., . . . Minihane, A. M. (2018). n-3 Fatty acids combined with flavan-3-ols prevent steatosis and liver injury in a murine model of NAFLD. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis, 1864(1), 69-78. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.10.002 PubMed
  • Wang, D. D., Zheng, Y., Toledo, E., Razquin, C., Ruiz-Canela, M., Guasch-Ferré, M., . . . Hu, F. B. (2018). Lipid metabolic networks, Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease in the PREDIMED trial. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(6), 1830-1845. doi:10.1093/ije/dyy198 PubMed
  • Weech, M., Altowaijri, H., Mayneris-Perxachs, J., Vafeiadou, K., Madden, J., Todd, S., . . . Yaqoob, P. (2018). Replacement of dietary saturated fat with unsaturated fats increases numbers of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and decreases numbers of microparticles: findings from the randomized, controlled Dietary Intervention and VAScular function (DIVAS) study. Am J Clin Nutr, 107(6), 876-882. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqy018 PubMed
  • Imamura, F., Sharp, S. J., Koulman, A., Schulze, M. B., Kroger, J., Griffin, J. L., . . . Wareham, N. J. (2017). A combination of plasma phospholipid fatty acids and its association with incidence of type 2 diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study. PLoS Med, 14(10), e1002409. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002409 PubMed
  • Jackson, K. G., Lockyer, S., Carvalho-Wells, A. L., Williams, C. M., Minihane, A. M., & Lovegrove, J. A. (2017). Apolipoprotein E (epsilon) genotype has a greater impact on apoB-48 than apoB-100 responses to dietary fat manipulation-insights from the SATgenepsilon study. Mol Nutr Food Res, 61(4). doi:10.1002/mnfr.201600688 PubMed
  • Jannasch, F., Bedu-Addo, G., Schulze, M. B., Mockenhaupt, F. P., & Danquah, I. (2017). Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among urban Ghanaians. Nutr J, 16(1), 63. doi:10.1186/s12937-017-0286-x PubMed
  • O'Neill, C. M., & Minihane, A. M. (2017). The impact of fatty acid desaturase genotype on fatty acid status and cardiovascular health in adults. Proc Nutr Soc, 76(1), 64-75. doi:10.1017/s0029665116000732 PubMed
  • Slim, K. E., Vauzour, D., Tejera, N., Voshol, P. J., Cassidy, A., & Minihane, A. M. (2017). The effect of dietary fish oil on weight gain and insulin sensitivity is dependent on APOE genotype in humanized targeted replacement mice. Faseb j, 31(3), 989-997. doi:10.1096/fj.201600921RR PubMed
  • Toledo, E., Wang, D. D., Ruiz-Canela, M., Clish, C. B., Razquin, C., Zheng, Y., . . . Martinez-Gonzalez, M. A. (2017). Plasma lipidomic profiles and cardiovascular events in a randomized intervention trial with the Mediterranean diet. Am J Clin Nutr, 106(4), 973-983. doi:10.3945/ajcn.116.151159 PubMed
  • Weitkunat, K., Schumann, S., Nickel, D., Hornemann, S., Petzke, K. J., Schulze, M. B., . . . Klaus, S. (2017). Odd-chain fatty acids as a biomarker for dietary fiber intake: a novel pathway for endogenous production from propionate. Am J Clin Nutr, 105(6), 1544-1551. doi:10.3945/ajcn.117.152702 PubMed
  • Wu, J. H. Y., Marklund, M., Imamura, F., Tintle, N., Ardisson Korat, A. V., de Goede, J., . . . Mozaffarian, D. (2017). Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 5(12), 965-974. doi:10.1016/s2213-8587(17)30307-8 PubMed
  • Zheng, J. S., Sharp, S. J., Imamura, F., Koulman, A., Schulze, M. B., Ye, Z., . . . Wareham, N. J. (2017). Association between plasma phospholipid saturated fatty acids and metabolic markers of lipid, hepatic, inflammation and glycaemic pathways in eight European countries: a cross-sectional analysis in the EPIC-InterAct study. BMC Med, 15(1), 203. doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0968-4 PubMed
  • Forouhi, N. G., Imamura, F., Sharp, S. J., Koulman, A., Schulze, M. B., Zheng, J., . . . Wareham, N. J. (2016). Association of Plasma Phospholipid n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Type 2 Diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study. PLoS Med, 13(7), e1002094. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002094 PubMed
  • McManus, S., Tejera, N., Awwad, K., Vauzour, D., Rigby, N., Fleming, I., . . . Minihane, A. M. (2016). Differential effects of EPA versus DHA on postprandial vascular function and the plasma oxylipin profile in men. J Lipid Res, 57(9), 1720-1727. doi:10.1194/jlr.M067801 PubMed
  • Tejera, N., Vauzour, D., Betancor, M. B., Sayanova, O., Usher, S., Cochard, M., . . . Minihane, A. M. (2016). A Transgenic Camelina sativa Seed Oil Effectively Replaces Fish Oil as a Dietary Source of Eicosapentaenoic Acid in Mice. J Nutr, 146(2), 227-235. doi:10.3945/jn.115.223941 PubMed