Stearoyl-coenzyme and desaturase 1 of physiology, clinic and treatment options

Abstract

Experimental studies in animal models and occurrence of rare diseases associated with the absence, respectively with significant decline in gamma9D activities, emphasize the importance of SCD-1 for the healthy development of organism as well as for the etiology and pathogenesis of many civilization diseases.

Keywords

• gamma-9 desaturase
• gene SCD1
• non-essential fatty acids
• fegulation lipogenesis and lipolysis