Lipid transport and human brain development

A partially inactivating mutation in the sodium-dependent lysophosphatidylcholine transporter MFSD2A causes a non-lethal microcephaly syndrome

(2015) Vafa Alakbarzade et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Inactivating mutations in MFSD2A, required for omega-3 fatty acid transport in brain, cause a lethal microcephaly syndrome

(2015) Alicia Guemez-Gamboa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

An RNA-Sequencing Transcriptome and Splicing Database of Glia, Neurons, and Vascular Cells of the Cerebral Cortex

(2014) Y. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Mfsd2a is critical for the formation and function of the blood–brain barrier

(2014) Ayal Ben-Zvi et al.   NATURE

Mfsd2a is a transporter for the essential omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid

(2014) Long N. Nguyen et al.   NATURE

Fatty acid transport into the brain: Of fatty acid fables and lipid tails

(2011) Ryan W. Mitchell et al.   PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS