Immunomodulatory properties of omega-3 fatty acids: A possible explanation for their systemic, anti-carcinogenic effects

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-3

  Kapoor, Shailendra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Choloangiocar cinoma; Gastric carcinoma; Pancreatic cancer; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GELATINASE B; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SYNDECAN 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CACHEXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; KERATINOCYTE; KETOGENIC DIET; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149271092     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0708456     Document Type: Letter

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