Dietary supplementation with eicosapentaenoic acid, but not with other long-chain n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, decreases natural killer cell activity in healthy subjects aged >55 y

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 539-548

  Thies, F ^a   Nebe Von Caron, G ^a   Powell, J R ^a   Yaqoob, P ^a   Newsholme, E A ^a   Calder, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish oil; Immunity; N 3 fatty acid; N 6 fatty acid; Natural killer cell; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; linolenic acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; HELIANTHUS; OENOTHERA; PRIMULA;

EID: 0035117798     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.3.539     Document Type: Article

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