The innate immune system: Friend and foe

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-188

  Stephensen, Charles B ^a   Kelley, Darshan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID;

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUTROPHIL; T LYMPHOCYTE; DIET THERAPY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 33644860217     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.187     Document Type: Editorial

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