Role of fatty acids in malignancy and visual impairment: Epidemiological evidence and experimental studies

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-234

  Tsubura, Airo ^a   Yuri, T ^a   Yoshizawa, K ^a   Uehara, N ^a   Takada, H ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cataract; Colon cancer; Conjugated fatty acid; Fatty acid; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RESVERATROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LOSS; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EYE DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; COLON TUMOR; LENS; METABOLISM; RAT; RISK; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALIA;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RATS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RISK; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 59149094464     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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