FASN, fatty acid synthase, 2194

N. diseases: 245; N. variants: 6
Disease: Retinitis Pigmentosa ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0035334
Disease: Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we demonstrate that deleting the de novo lipogenic enzyme fatty acid synthase (FAS) from the neural retina, but not the vascular retina, results in progressive neurodegeneration and blindness with a temporal pattern resembling rodent models of retinitis pigmentosa. 29321376 2018