The obesogenic effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids are dependent ...

Carbohydrate source and insulin secretion modulate the obesity promoting
effect of fish oil
Qin Hao 1, $ , Haldis Haukås Lillefosse 1, 2, $ , Even Fjære 1, 2, $ , Lene Secher Myrmel 1, 2 , Lisa Kolden
Midtbø 1, 2 , Ragnhild Jarlsby 2 , Tao Ma 1 , Bingbing Jia 1 , Rasmus Koefoed Petersen 1 , Si Brask
Sonne 1 , André Chwalibog 3 , Livar Frøyland 2 , Bjørn Liaset 2 , Karsten Kristiansen 1, * and Lise
Madsen 1, 2, * .
1 Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 National Institute of Nutrition and
Seafood Research, Bergen, Norway. 3 Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark. $ Contributed equally.
*Correspondence to: Karsten Kristiansen, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole
Maaløes Vej 5, DK 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark. Fax +45 3522 2128; Phone: +45 3532 4443; E
mail: kk@bio.ku.dk or Lise Madsen, National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, P.O.
Box 2029 Nordnes, N 5817 Bergen, Norway. Fax +47 5590 5299; Phone: +47 4147 6177; E mail:
lise.madsen@nifes.no
Number of figures: 7
Number of tables: 2
Running title: Interaction between carbohydrates and fish oil
FOOTNOTES: This work was supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council, the
Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation and NIFES. Part of the work was carried out
as a part of the research program of the Danish Obesity Research Centre (DanORC). DanORC is
supported by the Danish Council for Strategic Research (Grant NO 2101 06 0005). The authors
have no conflicting interests.
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