The Effect of Eicosapentaenoic Acid on Rat Lymphocyte Proliferation Depends Upon Its Position in Dietary Triacylglycerols

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4230-4238

  Kew, S ^a   Wells, S ^a   Thies, F ^a,c   McNeill, G P ^b,d   Quinlan, P T ^b,e   Clark, G T ^a,f   Dombrowsky, H ^a   Postle, A D ^a   Calder, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Loders Croklaan NA   (United States)

^e UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Ferring Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Lymphocyte; Rats; Structured triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344738769     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4230     Document Type: Article

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