Dietary (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress murine lymphoproliferation, interleukin-2 secretion, and the formation of diacylglycerol and ceramide

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-43

  Jolly, Christopher A ^a   Jiang, Yi Hai ^a   Chapkin, Robert S ^a   McMurray, David N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

(n 3) polyunsaturated fatty acids; ceramide; diacylglycerol; mice; T cell

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CERAMIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 2; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0031032708     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.1.37     Document Type: Article

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