Anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fatty acids in critical illness: Novel mechanisms and an integrative perspective

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1580-1592

  Singer, Pierre ^b,c   Shapiro, Haim ^b,c   Theilla, Miryam ^b,c   Anbar, Ronit ^b,c   Singer, Joelle ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Institute for Nutrition Research   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endotoxins; Nuclear factor kappa B; Nutritional support; Omega 3 fatty acids; Sepsis; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; I KAPPA B KINASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTECTIN D1; RESOLVIN D1; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TISSUE INJURY; VAGUS TONE;

CRITICAL CARE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 49749141035     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1142-4     Document Type: Review

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