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From: Analysis of porcine adipose tissue transcriptome reveals differences in de novo fatty acid synthesis in pigs with divergent muscle fatty acid composition

Figure 4

Diagram representing the hypothetical causes of the differences in intramuscular and backfat FA composition. Adipocytes incorporate FA from intestine absorption and glucose. Both follow different metabolic pathways that allow FA synthesis by lipogenesis (black arrows). Nevertheless, higher absorption, transport or storage of FA (mainly LA and ALA) produced an inhibitory effect (red lines) on the glucose metabolism and lipogenesis, reducing the content of MUFA and SFA and increasing PUFA content. FA: fatty acids, LA: linoleic acid and ALA: α-linolenic acid.

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