Lipid Composition of the Human Eye: Are Red Blood Cells a Good Mirror of Retinal and Optic Nerve Fatty Acids?

Acar, Niyazi; Berdeaux, Olivier; Gregoire, Stéphane; Cabaret, Stéphanie; Martine, Lucy; Gain, Philippe; Thuret, Gilles; Creuzot‐Garcher, Catherine; M. Bron, Alain; Brétillon, Lionel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035102

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Lipid Composition of the Human Eye: Are Red Blood Cells a Good Mirror of Retinal and Optic Nerve Fatty Acids?

Published in PLoS ONE • Apr 9, 2012

Authors:

Niyazi Acar

Olivier Berdeaux

Stéphane Gregoire

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The assessment of blood lipids is very frequent in clinical research as it is assumed to reflect the lipid composition of peripheral tissues. Even well accepted such relationships have never been clearly established. This is particularly true in ophthalmology where the use of blood lipid...

Subject

Lipidomics

Docosahexaenoic acid

Arachidonic acid

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