Immunologic effects of marine- and plant-derived n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in nonhuman primates

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Wu, Dayong ^b   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a   Meydani, Mohsen ^b   Hayek, Michael G ^b   Huth, Peter ^b   Nicolosi, Robert J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; immune response; n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Nonhuman primates; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIPID DIET; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030047354     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.2.273     Document Type: Article

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