A review of the evidence for the effects of total dietary fat, saturated, monounsaturated and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on vascular function, endothelial progenitor cells and microparticles

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-324

  Vafeiadou, Katerina ^a   Weech, Michelle ^a   Sharma, Vandana ^a   Yaqoob, Parveen ^a   Todd, Susan ^a   Williams, Christine M ^a   Jackson, Kim G ^a   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CVD; Dietary fatty acids; Microparticles; Progenitor cells; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY ELASTICITY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FAT CONTENT; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PLATELET MICROPARTICLE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; REVIEW; VASCULAR FUNCTION; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84856262664     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511004764     Document Type: Review

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