Omega-3 fatty acids and inflammatory processes

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-374

  Calder, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Eicosanoid; Fish oil; Interleukin; Leukocyte; Macrophage; Monocyte; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID RAFT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 79952022410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2030355     Document Type: Review

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